Summer 2012: A market in higher education? We’re already there…
For some, the principle of whether there should be a market in higher education is still debatable, but analysis of the opening position for 2012-13 shows that the sector is already there. Universities...
View ArticleTurning the tide: introducing the Universities UK review of part-time higher...
The HEFCE report on the impact of the 2012 reforms out today shows a dramatic drop in the numbers of undergraduate part-time students starting their studies this year in English universities. They are...
View ArticleInnovation: How well are universities working with business and industry?
Today, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has published the most recent results of its annual Business and Community Interaction Survey which provides information about the volume...
View ArticleMisleading articles on research misconduct are not helpful
On Monday (17 June 2013), The Independent published a somewhat alarmist and misleading article on research misconduct in the UK. Its coverage suggested that universities are about to have some rather...
View ArticleSpending Round 2013: There is pain, but it could have been much worse
Times are strange when you can view a 6% cut for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills as a good outcome for universities. But it is. Before yesterday’s Spending Round we would have been...
View ArticleFixing the “broken bridge” to postgraduate study
The needs of postgraduate students have been rising higher up the government agenda recently. In the Spending Round last month, funding from the National Scholarship Programme for the academic year...
View ArticleThe NHS frontline: higher education and pharmacy student numbers
This week HEFCE and Health Education England released their consultation on the management of pharmacy student numbers. With 1.8 million people visiting a pharmacy each day, pharmacists are...
View ArticleWhy the Higher Education Innovation Fund is more important than ever before
Julie Tam discusses one of UUK’s priority areas for the upcoming Comprehensive Spending Review: the importance of protecting funding that helps universities and businesses to collaborate. The...
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