by Becca Bashford | Nov 27, 2020 | Casual staff, CDBU Updates, Covid-19, Employability, Government, In the News, Marketisation, News round-up, Office for Students, Opinion, REF, Uncategorized, Universities UK, University governance
Sexual abuse at English and Welsh universities has been described as a “public scandal” after a report revealed that universities are systematically failing to address instances of assault and harassment, while another report commissioned by Universities...
by Becca Bashford | Sep 18, 2020 | Academic freedom, Casual staff, CDBU Updates, Covid-19, Free speech, Government, In the News, Marketisation, News round-up, Opinion, Scotland, Uncategorized, Universities UK
Once again, the return of staff and students to university campuses has dominated Higher Education news. UCU insist that the risks of spreading Covid-19 is still far too high, especially without proper Track and Trace and testing protocols in place. Meanwhile, the DfE...
by Becca Bashford | Aug 17, 2020 | A-levels, Admissions, Covid-19, Further education, Government, In the News, Ofqual, Uncategorized, Universities UK
Statement from the Council for the Defence of British Universities on A-level results. English universities have been remarkably silent about the fiasco over Ofqual’s determination of A-level grades. Universities UK issued an extraordinarily misjudged...
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 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 12, 2018 | Opinion, Universities UK
Professor GR Evans looks at the history of an organisation that has rarely been out of the news in recent weeks – and asks what powers it really has Universities UK has been in the news recently during the upset caused by the proposals to make major changes to...
