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News round-up: A delay to the review of university finance – Brexit gets the blame

by CDBU Admin | Mar 1, 2019 | News round-up, Teaching Excellence Framework, TEF, Uncategorized, University funding, Widening access

The long-awaited review of university tuition fees might not now be published until May – and vice-chancellors make some robust criticisms of the potential cost of subject-level TEF   £7,500 tuition fees plan faces Brexit delay BBC, 01/03/2019, Sean Coughlan The...

News round-up: The pensions strike is over, and the OU vice-chancellor resigns

by CDBU Admin | Apr 16, 2018 | CDBU Updates, News round-up

Academic staff have voted to accept an offer to reopen negotiations with employers, and the position of the OU’s vice-chancellor finally becomes untenable   Student nurses face financial hardship over loan error, says nursing body The Guardian, 16/04/2018,...

News round-up: A new higher education regulator is launched and pension strikes continue

by CDBU Admin | Mar 31, 2018 | CDBU Updates, News round-up, Office for Students

The pensions dispute rumbles on, the OfS admits to making a mistake over the Toby Young appointment, and the OU vice-chancellor faces a vote of no confidence   Universities give out unconditional offers like candy, say head teachers The Times, 31/03/2018,...

News round-up: academics go on strike over pensions

by CDBU Admin | Mar 2, 2018 | News round-up, Pensions, Uncategorized

The universities minister says that students should be compensated for missed teaching time as a result of the pensions strike, and a report says that there should have been greater scrutiny in the appointment of Toby Young to the board of the Office for Students...

News round-up: universities face an uncertain financial future

by CDBU Admin | Feb 16, 2018 | CDBU Updates, News round-up, University funding

Vice-chancellors have been sharing their concerns that some universities may face insolvency, while Robert Halfon MP says too many students are studying academic degrees   Opportunity and risk: universities prepare for an uncertain future The Guardian,...

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