by CDBU Admin | Jan 10, 2018 | Government, Guest blog, Opinion
Professor DVM Bishop bids a not-so-fond farewell to universities minister Jo Johnson. So Jo Johnson is gone, brought down by poor judgement demonstrated by, first, the appointment of Toby Young to the Board of the Office for Students, and second by his obstinacy in...
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...
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...
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...
by CDBU Admin | Feb 27, 2017 | Guest blog, REF
Opinion piece by G. R. Evans It is very welcome news that the Government has decided to include a definition of the Haldane Principle on the face of the Bill. Jo Johnson made a special point of this in his speech to Universities UK on 24 February. An accompanying...
