International Benchmarks
- THE World University Rankings
- Academic Ranking of World Universities
- QS World University Rankings
- Education at a Glance 2012: OECD Indicators, OECD Publishing
- Global Research Report: United Kingdom by Jonathan Adams. Thomson Reuters, 2011
- University Systems Ranking: Citizens and Society in the Age of Knowledge, by Peer Ederer, Philipp Schuller, and Stephan Willms. The Lisbon Council, Policy Brief Vol III, No I (2011)
- Study on the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Public Spending on Tertiary Education (pdf), by Miguel St. Aubyn, Álvaro Pina, Filomena Garcia, and Joana Pais. Brussels: European Commission: Economic Papers 390 (2009)
Current UK Higher Education Policy
- Securing a Sustainable Future for Higher Education: An Independent Review of Higher Education Funding and Student Finance (pdf)
- Students at the Heart of the System: White Paper on the Future of Higher Education
- Higher Education Funding Council for England
- Higher Education Policy Institute
Key Articles
- Browne’s Gamble by Stefan Collini, London Review of Books, 4 November 2010
- From Robbins to McKinsey by Stefan Collini, London Review of Books, 25 August 2011
- The Unseen Academy by Thomas Docherty, THE, 10 November 2011
- The Grim Threat to British Universities by Simon Head, New York Review of Books, 13 January 2011
- Don’t Look to the Ivy League by Howard Hotson, London Review of Books, 19 May 2011
- False Accounting? Why the Government’s HE Reforms Don’t Add Up by Andrew McGettigan, Intergenerational Foundation: Fairness for Future Generations, May 2012
- Parable of the Talent by Martin Rees, Times Higher Education, 8 November 2012
- Universities Under Attack by Keith Thomas, London Review of Books, 15 December 2011
- Reversal of Fortune by Keith Thomas, Times Higher Education, 8 November 2012
- Should Public Money Finance Applied Research? Economist, 24 July 2012
For-Profit Colleges and Universities: The US Experience
- Subprime Opportunity: The Unfulfilled Promise of For-Profit Colleges and Universities
- College Inc., PBS Documentary
- For Profit Colleges, Huffington Post
- Privatising Our Universities: A UCU Report on the New Cross-Party Consensus and the Americanisation of UK Higher Education (pdf), February 2010
- Short Cuts by Howard Hotson, London Review of Books, 2 June 2011
- New Providers: The Creation of a Market in Higher Education by Andrew McGettigan, Radical Philosophy 167, May/June 2011
News, Campaigns, and Ongoing Commentary
- Sir Peter Scott’s columns and articles in The Guardian
- Critical Education: All About the Arts, Humanities and Higher Education Today by Andrew McGettigan
- Cap and Gown by Tamson Pietsch
- Campaign for the Public University
- University World News
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