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Out with the old, in with the new: Chris Skidmore replaces Sam Gyimah as universities minister

by CDBU Admin | Dec 7, 2018 | Free speech, News round-up, Uncategorized, Unconditional offers, Widening access

This week, a new universities minister takes the helm – and despite a gradual rise in students from disadvantaged backgrounds attending university, the top public schools still dominate Oxbridge entry   Eton and Westminster among eight schools dominating Oxbridge...
Roll up, roll up for the HERB 2.0 show

Roll up, roll up for the HERB 2.0 show

by CDBU Admin | May 15, 2018 | Higher Education and Research Act, Office for Students, Uncategorized

The themes playing out in the higher education debates in the houses of parliament seem strangely familiar, writes Professor David Midgley HERB 2.0 (the Higher Education Research Bill) has been playing in both houses of parliament recently. Like HERB 1.0, which...

What is teaching intensity – and how do you measure it?

by CDBU Admin | Mar 29, 2018 | Opinion, Teaching Excellence Framework

The government believes that university courses can be rated according to the level of teaching intensity they provide. Professor GR Evans detects a lack of joined-up thinking “Prospective students deserve to know which courses deliver great teaching and great...

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...

The Office for Students has a new regulatory framework – but what does it all mean?

by CDBU Admin | Mar 1, 2018 | Guest blog, Office for Students

The newly-published regulatory framework runs to 167 pages – but still leaves many questions unanswered, writes Professor GR Evans At last the Office for Students (Ofs) has published its Regulatory Framework. It will be laid before Parliament but essentially this is...
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