by Becca Bashford | Jun 25, 2020 | Admissions, Casual staff, Covid-19, Government, Guest blog, Humanities, In the News, Marketisation, News round-up, Opinion, Racism, Scotland, Uncategorized
This week, LSE launched their ‘SHAPE’ campaign which strives to promote the humanities and social sciences, students and staff joined forces to condemn the closure of the Philosophy programme at the University of the West of England and devastating cuts to...
by Becca Bashford | 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...
by CDBU Admin | Nov 4, 2019 | Guest blog, Marketisation, Uncategorized, Workplace stress
A huge rise in mental health referrals amongst academics is the result of increasingly stressful working conditions, argues researcher and independent scholar Liz Morrish It is often said that lecturers’ working conditions are students’ learning conditions. My...
by CDBU Admin | Feb 4, 2019 | Guest blog, TEF, Uncategorized, Widening access
The marketisation of higher education combined with the government’s efforts to regulate it has led to the worst of both worlds, argues Professor Norman Gowar, former principal of Royal Holloway, University of London Since I am long retired I cannot take part...
by CDBU Admin | Nov 22, 2018 | Brexit, Guest blog, Uncategorized
Guest post: The uncertainty over the status of EU nationals following Brexit could lead to many EU academics leaving the UK. The result will be a less culturally rich landscape in our universities, argues Ashlie Rowan, a political correspondent at the Immigration...
by CDBU Admin | Nov 13, 2018 | Guest blog, Part-time students, Uncategorized, University funding, University governance, Widening access
When the Vaughan Centre for Lifelong Learning at the University of Leicester was threatened with closure, a campaign was launched to re-open it as a community-owned college. Founder member Dr Miriam Gill looks forward to a brighter future for adult education in the...
