by CDBU Admin | Feb 27, 2017 | Guest blog, REF
Opinion piece by G. R. Evans It is very welcome news that the Government has decided to include a definition of the Haldane Principle on the face of the Bill. Jo Johnson made a special point of this in his speech to Universities UK on 24 February. An accompanying...
by CDBU Admin | Feb 5, 2017 | CDBU Updates, Marketisation
We are pleased to report that Martin Wolf’s lecture: Uses and Abuses of Economics in the Debate on Universities is now available for download here: Wolf_CDBU_lecture_26Jan2017. For a synopsis, see previous...
by CDBU Admin | Jan 31, 2017 | Higher Education and Research Act, Uncategorized
Opinion Piece by G. R. Evans The Higher Education and Research Bill has now had seven sessions before the Lords in Committee, ending on 30 January. As Lord Willetts acknowledged, it has become ‘famous’ for the sheer number of ‘letters’ promised to various Peers at the...
by CDBU Admin | Jan 27, 2017 | Higher Education and Research Act, Marketisation, Uncategorized
Report on CDBU Annual Lecture 2017 by Dorothy Bishop Last night, Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator at the Financial Times, delivered a splendid lecture with the title “Uses and Abuses of Economics in the Debate on Universities”. It is not possible to do this...
by CDBU Admin | Jan 17, 2017 | Higher Education and Research Act, Uncategorized
Rapid reaction to the House of Lords debate on the Higher Education and Research Bill by G.R. Evans The headline-grabbing result of the first session of the House of Lords in Committee on 9 January was a vote which defeated the Government. By a majority of 248-221 the...
