by CDBU Admin | Oct 12, 2018 | Admissions, Brexit, News round-up, Part-time students, Tuition fees, Uncategorized, University funding, Widening access
Brexit dominates the headlines this week, as Imperial announces a partnership with a German university and a scientist warns of the ‘catastrophic’ effect leaving the EU could have on cancer research University ‘dual nationality’ plan for Brexit BBC, 10/10/2018, Sean...
by CDBU Admin | Oct 8, 2018 | Guest blog, Tuition fees, Uncategorized, University funding, Widening access
Discussions about student funding don’t have to revolve around tuition fees, argue Josie McLellan, Richard Pettigrew and Tom Sperlinger. Instead we should start by asking fundamental questions about the purpose of a university education Debates about higher...
by CDBU Admin | Sep 28, 2018 | News round-up, Uncategorized, Widening access
Private school heads argue that unconditional offers lead to worse A-level results, while vice-chancellors say that essay mills should be made illegal Top schools call for an end to universities’ use of unconditional offers The Guardian, 28/08/2018, Richard...
by CDBU Admin | Sep 14, 2018 | Admissions, Uncategorized, University funding, Widening access
The Migration Advisory Committee publishes its report on the impact of overseas students in the UK, while an expert says that we should do away with degree classifications Universities should end grading system to end pressure on students, Kings College expert...
by CDBU Admin | Aug 17, 2018 | Admissions, News round-up, Uncategorized, University funding, Widening access
Universities dish out cash ‘bribes’ to students with unconditional offers to hit their grades i newspaper, 17/08/2018, Richard Vaughan Universities have been accused of dishing out cash “bribes” to students with unconditional offers of places to stop them slacking off...
by CDBU Admin | Aug 3, 2018 | Tuition fees, Uncategorized, University funding, Widening access
A rise in unconditional offers and arguments over student loans have dominated the higher education new in the past month Call to rethink China branch campuses over academic freedom risks Times Higher Education, 02/08/2018, Ellie Bothwell Western universities have...
