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A Motion of Regret: a constitutional avenue to ensure that fee rises are decoupled from TEF?

by CDBU Admin | Apr 6, 2017 | TEF, Tuition fees, Uncategorized, University funding

Opinion piece by G. R. Evans On April 4 the Higher Education and Research Bill left the Lords for the Commons after its Third Reading and on the same day the Technical and Further Education Bill also went back to the Commons with some Lords’ amendments.  The following...

Government’s letter to the Lords re TEF: A reply

by CDBU Admin | Mar 22, 2017 | Government, TEF, Uncategorized

Opinion piece by Dorothy Bishop The Higher Education and Research Bill (HERB) has had a rocky passage through parliament. As explained here, a Bill goes through several stages before it becomes law, with debate in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, as...

Update on Amendments to the Higher Education and Research Bill

by CDBU Admin | Mar 19, 2017 | Higher Education and Research Act, Uncategorized

David Midgley has kindly provided this useful summary of recent developments: The text of the Bill as amended by the Lords in report stage is now available at https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2016-2017/0112/17112.pdf. The most significant changes...

Rival sanctions? The Office for Students and the Competition and Markets Authority

by CDBU Admin | Mar 1, 2017 | Office for Students, Uncategorized

Preamble: The Higher Education and Research Bill will reach undergo line-by-line examination in the House of Lords on 6th March, when it reaches the Report Stage. This post is the second in a series of opinion pieces by G. R. Evans, reflecting on the Amendments tabled...

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...
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