The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Peter Mandelson, hammered another nail into the coffin of UK higher education in his letter of 22nd December to the Chairman of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) confirming the Council’s budget for 2010/11. As has been widely reported (Independent, BBC, Daily Mail, Guardian) [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Higher Education’
November 7, 2009
Putting a value on the UK’s universities
The latest report on the ‘added value’ of universities in this country undertaken by academics at the University of Strathclyde for Universities UK, has found that “Universities in the UK now generate £59 billion for the UK economy putting the higher education sector ahead of the agricultural, advertising, pharmaceutical and postal industries, according to new [...]
September 1, 2009
Google books – philanthropy or piracy?
In the Observer on 30th Augsut, William Skidelsky has added a contribution to the debate about Google’s plans to create the world’s biggest online library. As he comments “Google has already scanned 10 million books in its bid to digitise the contents of the world’s major libraries, but a copyright battle now threatens the project, [...]
January 30, 2009
OECD report on demography and higher education
The OECD has recently (2008 ) published an important monograph entitled Higher education to 2030 (Volume 1): demography (read only version) In summary, this assumes that:
There will be continued expansion of student participation, with majority female participation, greater variation in student profiles and increased emphasis on issues of access and equality.
The academic profession is to [...]
