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The pros and cons of university innovation and exploitation

Paul O'Brien By Filed Under: All posts, Inclusive Growth Posted:

Paul O’Brien, Professor of Inorganic Materials at The School of Chemistry and The School of Materials, at The University of Manchester discusses innovation and exploitation within UK Universities. Universities exist in my opinion for three reasons: to provide education; to create new knowledge and understanding; and to benefit society through vocational training, transferable ideas and/or […]

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International students aren’t a visa risk: who’s surprised?

By Filed Under: All posts, Brexit, British Politics, Inclusive Growth Posted:

Here Dr Sylvie Lomer explains why international students aren’t a visa risk and outlines how false assumptions have been used as justifications for migration policies that seriously prejudice and inconvenience international students. Recently published Home Office data shows that 97.4% of international students are compliant with visa regulations, contradicting previous statements from Government that 20% […]

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What do the general election manifestos mean for higher education?

By Filed Under: All posts, British Politics Posted:

As people up and down the country prepare to return to the polls for Thursday’s general election, Dr Sylvie Lomer reviews the manifestos and what they mean for higher education policy. The Conservatives want to create institutes of technology and review funding and access to tertiary education Labour would abolish tuition fees, reintroduce maintenance grants […]

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Success as a Knowledge Economy? It’s Complicated

By Filed Under: All posts, Whitehall Watch Posted:

The Government announced its higher education reform plans this week, publishing a white paper ‘Success as a Knowledge Economy’.  But will it really deliver a better deal for students and is it making an already complex system even more so, asks Andy Westwood? Let’s begin with the title. Every part of it is contested in […]

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The role of ethnicity in university admissions

Steven Jones By Filed Under: Ethnicity, Featured Posted:

Your likelihood of being offered a place at a Russell Group university may be related to your ethnicity, explains Steven Jones. Here is an excerpt from a UCAS personal statement written recently by an applicant to a Russell Group university: “There are various times where I have been a team member such as in hockey, […]

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Unpicking the hierarchy of prejudice

By Filed Under: All posts, Ethnicity, Featured Posted:

Chelsea fans’ actions in Paris received media and political condemnation. James Rhodes considers why a report revealing racialised inequalities in UK universities did not. On 17 February, a group of Chelsea football fans travelling on the Paris Metro to a Champions League match against Paris Saint-Germain were filmed chanting “we’re racist, we’re racist, and that’s […]

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Trust Teachers – The first Manchester Education Debate

Andrew Howes By Filed Under: All posts Posted:

Educationalists, teachers and academics have taken part in the first of a series of debates about the future of our schools in the run up to the 2015 election. Dr Andrew Howes pulls together some key strands from the discussion. If one in four good, trained teachers is saying ‘I’m leaving teaching, I need a […]

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Social enterprises: putting the social into the economy

Mike Emmerich By Filed Under: Featured Posted:

With market forces and state funding failing to ensure the wellbeing of our cities, universities can be the architects in the development of a new social economy, argues Mike Emmerich. Austerity. Rising inequality. Poverty. Unemployment. An ageing population. These are all challenges that exercise the great minds of the world. There is recognition that a new approach […]

Universities and the Impact of the Recession

Colin Talbot By Filed Under: Whitehall Watch Posted:

I recently attended a ‘professorial dinner’ at Manchester, the purpose of which was to discuss our future strategy. The main message at the start was – universities, after a decade of a relatively benign environment, face a decade or more of austerity. How are we placed to deal with this new reality and what should […]

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