by CDBU Admin | Oct 6, 2019 | Marketisation, Tuition fees, Uncategorized, University funding, Vice-chancellor pay
Norman Gowar was unimpressed by the Augar Review’s recommendations on student finance. He lays out an alternative proposal that would work for students, universities and taxpayers It is sad that the government’s attempts to marketise universities received scant...
by CDBU Admin | Oct 4, 2019 | Admissions, Augar Review, Grade inflation, National Union of Students, News round-up, Tuition fees, Uncategorized, University funding, Vice-chancellor pay, Widening access
As figures show that half of young people now go to university, Labour has announced plans to limit the number of students universities can accept from private schools UUK president aims to show degree value ‘not all about money’ Times Higher Education, 03/10/2019,...
by CDBU Admin | Jul 5, 2019 | Essay mills, Free speech, News round-up, Office for Students, Tuition fees, Uncategorized, University funding, University governance, Vice-chancellor pay
Academic staff on casual contracts do twice the amount of work they are paid for, and a member of the House of Lords hopes to outlaw essay mills Scientists quit Nobel-winning project over authorship dispute Times Higher Education, 05/07/2019, David Matthews A...
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...
by CDBU Admin | Jan 18, 2019 | Academic freedom, Free speech, Tuition fees, Uncategorized, Widening access
There is controversy over leaked plans to end loans to students with three Ds or less, and one university is shutting students out of campus libraries for failing to pay rent Oxford places ban on donations and research grants from Huawei The Guardian, 18/01/2018,...
by CDBU Admin | Jan 4, 2019 | Brexit, Tuition fees, Uncategorized, University funding
A drop in EU student numbers, a huge increase in borrowing by universities and another overseas campus closes. The financial omens for the sector are not looking good Universities raise alarm over no-deal Brexit and EU student enrolment The Guardian, 04/01/2019,...
