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 24, 2019 | Office for Students, UKRI, Uncategorized, University funding, Widening access
The roles of the previous higher education regulator, Hefce, have been split between two new bodies: UKRI and OfS. The two organisations were meant to collaborate – but how’s it working out in practice? Professor GR Evans investigates Higher Education and Research...
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 Times...
by CDBU Admin | Jun 7, 2019 | Augar Review, News round-up, Uncategorized, University funding
This week there’s only one news story that counts: the publication of the Augar report and its impact on graduate and university finances Skidmore warns against over-reliance on graduate earnings data Times Higher Education, 07/06/2019, Chris Havergal England’s...
by CDBU Admin | May 10, 2019 | Admissions, Pensions, Uncategorized, University funding
The number of English universities in financial deficit is on the up, while an increase in fees for EU students could result in universities becoming even worse off Number of English universities in financial deficit increases BBC, 09/05/2019, David Rhodes The...
by CDBU Admin | Apr 30, 2019 | Admissions, Augar Review, Book review, Casual staff, Grade inflation, Higher Education and Research Act, Marketisation, Office for Students, Teaching Excellence Framework, TEF, Uncategorized, University funding, Widening access
Professor David Midgley reviews English Universities in Crisis: Markets without Competition, by Jefferson Frank, Norman Gowar and Michael Naef The policy objectives against which this book measures the effectiveness of the current system for funding and regulating...
