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Articles by John Morgan
Despite loss of teaching grant, universities must still comply with enrolment targets
Minister and BIS take close interest in study with enormous policy implications
The University of Salford has confirmed plans to close virtually all courses in modern languages, politics and contemporary history?and shut down an entire school “to secure the future of the university” after seeing falling student demand.
Fewer British universities are hitting their overseas student recruitment targets this year in the wake of the government’s visa changes and Indian student numbers have again been hit, according to Universities UK.
Moving medical education and research funding to the Department of Health would “pose a significant threat to the UK’s leading position” in the fields, medical schools have warned George Osborne.
In the US, the Rate My Professors website has been used by students to dish out a “public scolding” to their lecturers – and now the UK has its own equivalent, possibly bringing a shiver of dread to academics and universities.
Leeds Metropolitan University is planning to change its name and is looking at three options: Leeds Beckett University, Leeds Headingley University and Leeds Ridings University.
?9,000 limit poses threat to quality and income, conference hears
Nick Hillman says coalition approach to finance may shape global academy
Body defends science and social mobility funds from spending review
David Willetts has said the estimated public cost of the new student loans system “could rise further”, a factor that critics fear could leads to cuts elsewhere in the higher education budget and the redesign of the student support system.
A department of Imperial College London has withdrawn the offer of an internship placement being sold by auction after the move received heavy criticism.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi has called on British universities to help remedy the suppression of Burmese universities by the nation’s former military regime
East London institution is mired in difficulty as leadership disintegrates
V-c believes ‘radical solution’ is the way to rise up the rankings. John Morgan reports
David Willetts and Vince Cable appear to prefer visiting Russell Group to post-92s, writes John Morgan
Universities UK has moved to head off any prospect that the new immigration bill, announced today in the Queen’s Speech, might herald a crackdown on the use of public services by overseas university students.
The University of Salford has accepted more than 200 students on to courses that it is considering closing within weeks and may face a “significant backlash” as a result, an internal document suggests.
Leader sought to guide Hefce through period of upheaval
Proposed rules on designation call for ‘robust’ quality and finance checks
The latest round of job cuts at the University of Salford could see up to 87 professional service staff made redundant, with the institution blaming a fall in student numbers under the new system.
Universities are to benefit from a reduced administrative burden in supplying information about their costs, but government pressure to give more of such data to students has met with a cool response.
Existing legislation fails to cover Student Loans Company cash
The rest of the world thinks so, says Hefce funding chief
