by Becca Bashford | Jul 28, 2020 | Casual staff, Covid-19, Government, In the News, Opinion, Teaching Excellence Framework, TEF, Uncategorized
This blog post was kindly contributed by Professor Dorothy Bishop. It was originally featured on her personal blog, which you can find here. An article in the Times Higher today considers the fate of the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). I am a...
by CDBU Admin | Apr 20, 2020 | Academic freedom, Free speech, Opinion, Teaching Excellence Framework, TEF, Uncategorized, University governance
Liz Morrish had an unblemished record of 30 years in academia without so much as a late library book to her name. That all changed when she publicly voiced her opinions on the terrible toll managerialism was having on academics’ mental health – and she found herself...
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 | 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...
by CDBU Admin | Jun 21, 2019 | News round-up, Pensions, TEF, Uncategorized, University funding, Vice-chancellor pay
The University of Reading is the latest to find that overseas campuses aren’t as lucrative as hoped, while Oxford has been blessed with a gift of £150m to create a new centre for the humanities Reading halves Malaysia campus workforce after £27 million loss...
by CDBU Admin | Jun 5, 2019 | Augar Review, Further education, Part-time students, TEF, Tuition fees, Uncategorized
You might not have had the time to wade through last week’s 200-page Augar Review on higher education. Fortunately, David Midgley, emeritus professor of German literature and intellectual history at the University of Cambridge, has written an essential guide to the...
