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Getting off the back foot – and taking the offensive

Getting off the back foot – and taking the offensive

by Becca Bashford | Nov 18, 2021 | Augar Review, CDBU Updates, Government, In the News, Marketisation, Opinion, Uncategorized

Words by Peter Scott, CDBU Trustee, Emeritus Professor of Higher Education Studies at the UCL Institute of Education and former Vice-Chancellor of Kingston University.  Universities are not popular – with politicians. They are very popular with the hundreds of...

Universities are not like banks: why Sir Michael Barber is wrong

by CDBU Admin | Nov 9, 2018 | Office for Students, Part-time students, Uncategorized, University funding, University governance

Sir Michael Barber, head of the Office for Students, has said that the regulator will not come to the aid of failing universities. It’s a policy that could have disastrous consequences for students, argues Professor DVM Bishop   In a much-publicised speech on...
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...

A conflict of interest: the statutory instruments shaping the Office for Students

by CDBU Admin | Apr 25, 2018 | Office for Students, Opinion

On Monday, the Labour Party tried unsuccessfully to block the legislation that would enable the new Office for Students to regulate universities. Professor GR Evans takes a look at the arguments During the debates on the Higher Education and Research Bill, members of...

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,...
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