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CDBU Annual Lecture 2017 now available

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...

The mysterious letters in the library

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...

Uses and Abuses of Economics in the Debate on Universities

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...

The definition of a university: how many new providers fit the bill?

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...

Universities as cartels?

by CDBU Admin | Jan 15, 2017 | Higher Education and Research Act, Uncategorized

Opinion piece by James Ladyman It is said that trust in institutions is in short supply these days. Sadly the government doesn’t trust universities. According to the Minister, the Higher Education and Research Bill is necessary to “break open a closed shop that for...
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