by CDBU Admin | Apr 12, 2019 | Admissions, News round-up, Pensions, Uncategorized, Unconditional offers
In this week’s news round-up, the former universities minister attacks funding proposals that would lead to a two-tier system, while universities are becoming increasingly reliant on non-disclosure agreements Research must solve social problems, says top EU...
by CDBU Admin | May 29, 2018 | Tuition fees, Uncategorized, University funding
The use of terms like ‘loan’ and ‘debt’ to describe student finance are completely misleading, argues Professor Dorothy Bishop In February 2018, the House of Commons Treasury Committee published a remarkable report entitled ‘Student Loans’. A response by government,...
by CDBU Admin | Jan 12, 2018 | Government, Marketisation, Uncategorized
Professor GR Evans finds much that is self-justifying and sometimes misleading in a new book by former universities and science minister David Willetts David Willetts defends himself more than once about the purpose of this book. He dismisses the possibility that it...