Treasury plan seeks to put ‘competitive pressures’ on universities
New College of the Humanities and Pearson are seen as potential beneficiaries of Productivity Plan
New College of the Humanities and Pearson are seen as potential beneficiaries of Productivity Plan
Politicians, vice-chancellors and lobby groups have all given their initial responses to the publication of today’s White Paper on higher education. Here are a selection:
Mill, Smith and Friedman: look away now. Coalition plans to marketise the academy are a corruption of laissez-faire ideology. Martin Cohen lambasts a liberal approach to 'liberalism'
Why does an academic consultant cost about the same per hour as a plumber? Claire Sanders reports on how universities are selling themselves - and staff - short. Plumbers charge an hourly rate of...