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Articles by Simon Baker
Fears are growing that new visa rules could expose UK universities to a sharp downturn in demand from Indian students next year, after one university reported a large drop in numbers.
Mature students looking to re-skill will lose out in focus on first-timers. Simon Baker reports
Board member resigns over the matter and dozens sign a petition in protest. Simon Baker reports
David Willetts has set out a three-point ¡°to do¡± list for the coming months, making it a priority to convince academics in the arts and humanities ¡°how much we love them¡±.
A vote by the University of Cambridge¡¯s governing ¡°parliament¡± over whether to back a motion of no confidence in universities minister David Willetts has ended in a dead heat.
The government is making ¡°optimistic¡± assumptions about the effect of its student visa policy and must do more to base its plans on evidence, a group of MPs has warned.
Regional differences in backing for rises may hurt post-92s serving communities, writes Simon Baker
Study-and-work model revived for accountancy trainees to improve access. Simon Baker reports
Its higher education sector appears healthy, but will Australia's new demand-led system enable it to recruit enough domestic students to beat a drop in overseas recruitment and chronic underfunding? Simon Baker looks for lessons for England in an Antipodean challenge
'Surprising' Hefce data may leave some research intensives' 'cores' exposed. Simon Baker reports
Large scholarships that put cash in students' pockets while they are studying should be offered by universities in preference to fee waivers, the government's advocate for access to education has recommended.
Distance learning specialist the Open University will undercut every higher education institution in England in 2012 by charging fees of ?5,000 a year for degrees from September 2012, it has been announced.
Seventeen English universities face having to win back at least 1,000 full-time undergraduate places as a result of the government¡¯s proposals to create competition for top-achieving students in 2012-13.
Universities must re-engage with society about their role in 21st-century Britain as the government's White Paper has failed to visualise the future of higher education, a vice-chancellor has said.
The idea that universities are about to be plunged into crisis by the decision to open up one in four full-time undergraduate places to full competition is "daft", according to the head of the English funding council.
A group of academics and students has launched a drive for an ¡°alternative¡± higher education White Paper in response to what they describe as the ¡°sweeping, ill-considered reforms¡± set out in the government¡¯s document.
Simon Baker reports on the dangers of unregulated selling practices among Europe's private institutions
Simon Baker reports on a high-profile review of low levels of Aboriginal entry to university study
Plans to use satisfaction surveys to trigger reviews have raised eyebrows, writes Simon Baker
For-profit institution voices doubts that Hefce will use proposed powers fairly. Simon Baker reports
Proposals for universities to provide much more detailed information about course content, academic staff and student views could lead to a massive surge in complaints that will put pressure on the sector's oversight bodies, it has been suggested.
One of the only private providers with taught degree-awarding powers has announced it is to offer its full-time undergraduate degrees for a maximum of ?6,000 from 2012-13.
Experts fear race to the bottom and a squeezed middle. John Morgan and Simon Baker report
