Time for university fat cats to sup from the “efficiency” bowl
Zain Sardar of the Young Greens looks at the scandal of fat cat university Vice Chancellors.
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Subject choice plummets across the UK as the government fails universities
Sally Hunt shows the extent to which subject choice has shrunk in the UK as a result of government policy and rhetoric on HE.
The shocking effect of Gove’s EMA axe: Youngsters skipping food to get to college
Young people are having to choose whether to eat or travel to college thanks to the government’s “disastrous” decision to axe education maintenance allowance.
University applications down nine per cent, more for mature students
Sally Hunt examines UCAS’s latest round of figures for university applications, and asks what they mean for the future of British higher education
Coalition should heed Obama’s advice on higher education – not slash teaching grants
In his State of the Union address last night, President Obama made a strong defence of the importance of higher education, writes Sally Hunt.
Victory as Willetts cans for-profit universities, but vigilance is still needed
Sally Hunt welcomes the news that the government is dropping plans to support for-profit universities, but cautions against celebrating too much too soon.
Cameron needs to start backing our young people and universities
The number of jobless 16 to 24-year-olds has risen by 52,000, to 1.04 million, which is the highest number since records began in 1992, writes UCU’s Sally Hunt.
Will 2012 see the first university bankruptcy?
Alex Hern looks ahead to 2012 and what the year holds for students in Britain.
For-profit universities have failed in the US, so why import them here?
Sally Hunt argues that the experience of the USA in its experiment with for-profit universities shows the danger of importing that model to the UK
New student visa system turning prospective entrepreneurs away from the UK
The UK’s student visa system is turning prospective entrepreneurs away from the UK, according to a leading Indian newspaper, reports Will Straw from India.