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Articles by Simon Baker
Les Ebdon will be appointed as the next director of the Office for Fair Access after it emerged that the prime minister has no powers to block the decision of Vince Cable, the business secretary, to appoint him.
Leading figures from higher education in the UK and US have agreed to serve on a major new independent commission looking at the future of the sector in England.
Oxford has stolen a march on the rest of the sector by exposing its graduate destinations to detailed scrutiny - exploding a few myths in the process. Simon Baker investigates
Review of student-place allocations as institutions face cut of up to 14 per cent. Simon Baker reports
A political row over the next director of fair access has been sparked after Tory MPs on the Business, Innovation and Skills select committee rejected the selection of Les Ebdon as preferred candidate.
Ministers could still have the final say on whether Les Ebdon is appointed as the next director of fair access, even though it looks likely that a committee of MPs has voted against his appointment.
Speculation is rife that the government’s preferred candidate for the post of director of fair access – Les Ebdon – has been blocked from the role by Conservative MPs after a delay in the announcement over the appointment.
The potential takeover of a private higher education college with degree-awarding powers has entered a crucial stage, with education giant Pearson reportedly the front-runner to secure the deal.
Further education colleges are set to receive more student places from the price-based “margin” than universities after the initial allocations were revealed by the government.
Les Ebdon has used his first appearance before MPs as the government’s preferred choice for the post of director of fair access to lay down the gauntlet to highly-selective universities with “patchy” records on access.
The coalition government must take the tough political decision to make student loans less generous if it wants to fix the "central impediment" to an "efficient, competitive and high-quality" higher education sector, according to a report out this week.
Elite astonished as Million+ chief wins Offa role after coalition's wider search. Simon Baker writes
Universities in England will receive an extra ?40 million to help fund taught postgraduate students next year but will lose around ?30 million due to institutions admitting too many undergraduates last autumn.
The effect of the government’s student visa policies on private higher education colleges has been “swift and probably even more devastating than was predicted”, according to a think tank.
Growth in foreign students shows 'convergence', but sector's diversity remains. Simon Baker writes
Academic work that is entered into the research excellence framework as worth "double" a normal submission can, in every discipline, be accompanied by a "reserve" option in case reviewers do not agree that it should count twice, it has been decided.
Maintaining lecturers in Europe 'expensive and inefficient', minutes say. Simon Baker reports
Investing more money in for-profit universities could "jump-start" the global economy, it has been suggested, and is the best way to create jobs and sustain economic growth in developing markets such as Asia and Latin America.
Simon Baker on the hoped-for impact of reforms spurred by an official review of student visa policies
Institute at vanguard of innovation strategy aims to link scholars and entrepreneurs. Simon Baker writes
The vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford has said academics at the institution have been left “profoundly saddened and shocked” by the death of a professor of astrophysics.
Teaching-led universities have been more open than research-intensive institutions to adopting a Japanese manufacturing technique designed to cut out "wasteful" inefficiency as they face a tougher fight for survival, it has been suggested.
'Agile predators' deliver increased debt and lower pay, Harvard study suggests. Simon Baker reports
The president of Universities UK has written a letter to newspapers in India expressing his “deep sadness” at the murder of student Anuj Bidve and to reassure others planning to study in Britain that such events are “exceptionally rare”.
