"I’m very worried about what is being destroyed. We’re all extremely worried, because what we’re seeing is the ad hoc closure and drastic cutting of many, many departments across the country."
Historian Lyndal Roper in today's THE: bit.ly/4sqsfJ2 #Skystorians 1/2
NEW ISSUE: In this special extra edition of Renewal, @louisehaighmp.bsky.social, @yuanfenyang.bsky.social, and other members of the Tribune Group of Labour MPs set out paths to repairing Britain's broken economic settlement.
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“Like a badly-wired plug, the English HE system operated, but the longer it did so, the more likely it would spark. The current financial state of the sector suggests that, somewhere, the fire has already begun.”
My first essay for The Post-18 Project is published today.
When politicians or commentators recommend school leavers become plumbers or electricians, typically they are often referring to other people’s kids
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NEW on Wonkhe: New analysis from the British Academy shows us huge areas of the country where key areas of humanities, arts, and social sciences are not taught. Ruairi Cullen has the details buff.ly/oHLZ4xW
Newly crowned winner of Holberg Prize raises alarm over job losses and shuttering of courses across UK
Equally big question: if there's even enough UK student demand for Erasmus. UK was always a net importer of Erasmus students - but given ~40% of participants were languages students, and langs degrees enrolments are in long-term decline (pre-Brexit), seems like a very expensive govt gamble.
The strong regional focus in the Edu Select Committee HE inquiry report out today is important and welcome; very proud the BA team’s research ended up having a big influence. If you want to chat HE research (especially how to fix things) I’m a dweeb who lives for this stuff - drop me a line!
Good to see this covered! Given govt spent £500m to reassociate (!) this is surely a no-brainer. Max ~30k p/a Erasmus students studied in the UK. Charging unis £925 per inbound student (when they don't even pay fees!) doesn't exactly scream 'please sign up to Erasmus again'...
(Me whenever anyone expresses the faintest bit of polite interest in the fraught domestic politics of getting back into the EU’s nice harmless student exchange programme)
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Our own work on cold spots is influential in the report
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UK universities could be forced to rethink participation in the EU’s Erasmus+ exchange scheme if they end up being charged the international student levy on all enrolments, a political scientist has warned. @georgialouluck.bsky.social reports
Anand Menon criticises ‘absurdities’ of government policy, pointing to contradictions in UK’s efforts to rejoin flagship exchange scheme
