The Graduate Tax
I see the coalition is beginning to favour the graduate tax solution to funding universities. I have grave doubts about it even though the principle of a graduate contribution or graduate tax is a...
View ArticleThe University Business
There is to be a debate on Wednesday in the Lords on the Browne Review of Higher Education. I fear I will not be able to participate, and 26 Lords have already signed up to speak. If I were to...
View ArticleHe who pays the piper calls the tune
Many must have been shocked at the resignation of Sir Howard Davies, Director of the LSE and at the damage done to that great institution by its association with Libya. I am only surprised that it has...
View ArticleOxford Blues Whites and Blacks
Some years ago I was chair of the committee in overall charge of Oxford University’s admissions policy and I spent a great deal of my time in outreach activity. In fact, Oxford has spent many...
View ArticleHigher education in Europe: Renaissance or decline?
We have spent the last few months examining the EU’s contribution to the modernisation of higher education in Europe, and we have now published a report setting out our findings. The European...
View ArticlePoor degrees
The Director of the Office for Fair Access is Prof. “Les” Ebdon, grammar school boy and, until very recently, Vice Chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire (ranked 102/117 by the Guardian...
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