News round-up: Universities receive record number of applications during lockdown, but many are pushing ahead with cuts

News round-up: Universities receive record number of applications during lockdown, but many are pushing ahead with cuts

by | Jul 10, 2020 | Admissions, Boris Johnson, Casual staff, Covid-19, Employability, Further education, Government, Humanities, In the News, Marketisation, News round-up, Opinion, REF, Scotland, Uncategorized

Ucas recently announced that UK universities had received a record number of applications over the lockdown period, despite growing concerns about the impacts of coronavirus on the higher education sector. Many universities are pushing ahead with devastating cuts, and...
News round-up: Online learning raises questions and issues of accessibility become a growing concern

News round-up: Online learning raises questions and issues of accessibility become a growing concern

by | May 29, 2020 | Academic freedom, Admissions, Casual staff, CDBU Updates, Covid-19, Further education, Government, In the News, Marketisation, National Union of Students, News round-up, Opinion, Scotland, Uncategorized, University funding, University governance, Wales, Widening access, Workplace stress

This week, universities continued to come to grips with the prospect of shifting online, raising questions about quality and accessibility. CDBU also expressed their support for disabled students who feel left behind amid Covid-19 chaos, and we have issued a call for...
News round-up: Universities fear the worst after government refuses multi-billion bailout

News round-up: Universities fear the worst after government refuses multi-billion bailout

by | May 15, 2020 | Admissions, Casual staff, Covid-19, Further education, Government, In the News, Marketisation, National Union of Students, News round-up, Scotland, Tuition fees, Uncategorized, University funding, University governance

The government’s rejection of the multi-billion pound bailout needed to save universities has raised serious concerns for the future of higher education. Voluntary severance schemes have been introduced, graduate prospects look bleak, and the shift to online...
News round-up: University staff and students bear the brunt of Covid-19

News round-up: University staff and students bear the brunt of Covid-19

by | May 1, 2020 | Admissions, Boris Johnson, Casual staff, CDBU Updates, Covid-19, Further education, Government, Guest blog, In the News, Marketisation, National Union of Students, News round-up, Opinion, Uncategorized, Universities UK, University funding, University governance, Vice-chancellor pay

As Covid-19 continues to inflict damage across the higher education sector and with the plea for a financial bailout falling on deaf ears, students and staff have come out in full force to highlight “inhumane” management practices and responses to the...

News round-up: More strikes are on the way as UCU members vote for industrial action

by | Nov 1, 2019 | Admissions, Casual staff, Further education, Marketisation, News round-up, Pensions, Racism, TEF, Uncategorized, Unconditional offers, University funding, Widening access

University staff are to strike over pensions, pay and working conditions – and an imminent general election casts uncertainty over higher education policy   December election puts UK policy progress on hold Times Higher Education, 01/11/2019, Simon Baker News...