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Sustainability in HE: Greta expectations
For Dickens’ Pip, “suffering was stronger than all other teaching”. But then, he wasn’t paying ten grand a year for…
13th April 2021
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Scottish universities: current funding levels ‘serious sustainability problem’
Universities Scotland has released its manifesto for the next Scottish government, calling for an increase in teaching and research funds…
12th April 2021
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Students that have been in care need more support, OfS tells universities
The Office for Students has called on universities in England to provide more support to students that have been in…
9th April 2021
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Stop mandatory unconscious bias training, think tank report argues
University students should not be taught critical race theory and receive mandatory unconscious bias training, a centre-right think tank report…
9th April 2021
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Blended learning: now let’s fix the flaws
Digital transformation – already a buzzword in business well before the world had heard of Covid-19, the phrase has now…
8th April 2021
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Student returns: government must explain ‘rationale’ for delay, says Labour
Labour shadow universities minister Matt Western has accused his opposite number of failing to offer the sector leadership and called…
8th April 2021
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Fifth of students could not pay rent this winter – NUS
As approximately one million students in England continue to study online, with no guarantee of when in-person teaching may restart,…
8th April 2021
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Finance, legal, HR
USS: Union threatens industrial action over university pension plans
The University and College Union (UCU) warned universities could face industrial action if they support proposals of a Universities UK…
7th April 2021
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Finance, legal, HR
UUK moves to break pensions impasse
The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) must modify its “overly cautious approach” or risk a “dreadful outcome” to the highly-contested 2020…
7th April 2021
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‘Publish the evidence’: UUK calls for government clarity on student returns
The collective voice of higher education in the UK has rebuked the government for not allowing universities to reopen to…
7th April 2021
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