by Becca Bashford | Apr 17, 2020 | Admissions, Covid-19, Government, In the News, Marketisation, News round-up, Opinion, REF, Scotland, Uncategorized, Universities UK, University funding
The repercussions of Covid-19 are being felt across the higher education sector as Universities UK warn that without support some institutions risk collapse, students go on rent strike, and the REF and TEF are postponed indefinitely Universities UK: state bailout...
by CDBU Admin | Mar 30, 2020 | National Student Survey, REF, Teaching Excellence Framework, TEF, Uncategorized
The REF is partly responsible for universities’ present ills, but if we get rid of it, we need to find an alternative model for allocating research funding. Norman Gowar, former principal of Royal Holloway, University of London, suggests a way forward As always it was...
by CDBU Admin | Jan 24, 2020 | Admissions, Free speech, News round-up, Racism, REF, Uncategorized, Vice-chancellor pay, Widening access
Attacks on free speech at our oldest university – and a revelation that there are no black academics in the most senior managerial ranks in UK higher education Oxford University professor given security guards for lectures after threats from transgender...
by CDBU Admin | Dec 21, 2018 | News round-up, Office for Students, REF, Tuition fees, Uncategorized
Student loans will now be reclassified as public spending – and the Office for Students issues universities with a warning about grade inflation Philosophers urge Hull to think again over course cuts Times Higher Education, 21/12/2018, Matthew Reisz Leading...
by CDBU Admin | Nov 26, 2018 | REF, TEF, Uncategorized
Last week, the CDBU’s Professor Dorothy Bishop gave a terrific lecture looking at what metrics can offer in evaluating universities – and where they fail. If you were unlucky to miss it, here’s your chance to listen to the lecture. You can view the...
by CDBU Admin | Nov 23, 2018 | Grade inflation, News round-up, REF, Uncategorized, University funding
A new study finds that the larger part of tuition fees is spent on support, admin and buildings rather than tuition – and the two-year degree makes one of its periodic reappearances Scrap REF and allocate QR funding by headcount, says professor Times Higher...
