Links for items on the future of UK Higher Education
Statement signed by
276 academics at Warwick university
Websites
The Higher Education Policy Institute
"is the UK's only independent think-tank devoted exclusively to
higher education. Founded in 2002, HEPI has built up a strong reputation
for robust and objective policy analysis and advice across a whole range
of higher education issues. Its mission is to improve higher education
in the UK by creating a better informed policy environment - informed by
research and analysis, as well as drawing on experiences from other
countries."
The Campaign for the Public
University "is open to all. It is a broad-based campaign with no party or other political affiliation. It has been initiated by a group of university teachers and graduate students seeking to defend and promote the idea of the university as a public good. We believe that the public university is essential both for cultivating democratic public life and creating the means for individuals to find fulfillment in creative and intellectual pursuits regardless of whether or not they pursue a degree programme."
Articles
Stefan Collini Browne's Gamble, London Review of Books, November 2010
James Vernon
The end of the public university in England, Inside Higher Education, October 2010
Simon Head The grim threat to British Universities, New York Review of Books, December 2010
Are universities a public good?-debate on DMU Learning Exchanges
Dennis Farrington and David Palfreyman, The Legality of Current HE Reforms, Oxford Magazine
Previous government's HE strategy
Howard Hotson's comparison of the US and UK systems, London Review of Books, May 19th 2011 (strongly recommended!)
The views of Warwick's VC
Nigel Thrift A question (about universities, global challenges, and an organizational-ethical dilemma), Global Higher Ed., April 2010
Nigel Thrift Moving on from critique, The Chronicle of Higher Education,
January 2011
Forthcoming events