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Articles by Simon Baker
One of the UK’s biggest private providers has set out bold plans to become a university, more than double in size and takeover or link up with other “complementary institutions” both in Britain and abroad.
The University of Southampton’s first overseas campus has begun enrolling students after the project received academic accreditation from the Malaysian authorities.
Simon Baker on an analysis that has plenty to say about the government's direction of travel
The revelation that four out of five bidders for the 20,000 cut-price undergraduate degree places are further education colleges may be disguising the fact that many are simply bidding to "stand still".
Universities could see recent record financial surpluses wiped out if the decline in applications from some sections of the international-student market continues, the chair of governors at a Russell Group institution has warned.
Five times as many further education colleges as universities have bid for places under the government’s cut-price student numbers margin in 2012-13.
A Turner Prize-winning artist has criticised a decision by a university art school to concentrate more on digital-based courses in a restructure that threatens around a dozen jobs.
Universities in the UK should be wary of any attempts by the European Commission to take greater control of higher education policy as it could present a threat to institutional autonomy, a vice-chancellor has told a House of Lords committee.
Any attempt to legislate to make it easier for private companies to take over universities could be challenged by one of the government's own watchdogs, it has emerged.
Teaching in universities that are usually ranked towards the bottom of higher education league tables is more consistently of a high standard than instruction at institutions towards the top of the rankings, a study has suggested.
Committee takes note of arguments from sector that reforms should be deferred, writes Simon Baker
A risk-based approach to quality assurance could lead to more rather than less red tape for universities because the government's reforms are likely to put pressure on standards.
New shadow higher education minister also tells Simon Baker that sector reforms must be 'paused'
A total of 27 universities and colleges have applied to lower their tuition fees in 2012-13 so they can compete for some of the 20,000 cut-price places being created by the government.
Old arguments greet Curnock Cook's appeal for new look at admissions overhaul, Simon Baker writes
New humanities head calls for scrutiny of teaching practices ahead of fees rise. Simon Baker reports
More than 450 private colleges have been stopped from recruiting international students after most of them failed to sign up to the 榴莲视频 Office’s new rules for inspection of the sector.
Funding chiefs in England have told the government they have “concerns” about the timetable for implementing a new regulatory framework for higher education, warning the challenge of bringing in some reforms by 2013 should “not be underestimated”.
Plans to involve three bodies in resolving student complaints are "a recipe for confusion", the government has been told.
Effort to mitigate AAB and core-and-margin effects spells trouble for post-92s. Simon Baker reports
Part-time students are to be given an extra year of grace before they become eligible to start repaying tuition fee loans after the government agreed to changes that had been put forward by the sector and Liberal Democrat peers.
A cross-party committee of peers in the House of Lords is to investigate how the European Union can help higher education across the continent to boost jobs, growth and innovation.
The 40 per cent reduction in public spending on universities over the next four years will help contribute to the biggest fall in education spending over such a period since the 1950s, a respected policy institute has estimated.
