Brexit – UUK fights back on Erasmus UUK has launched a national campaign to encourage the UK government to commit to funding study abroad programmes in the event of a no-deal Brexit. #SupportStudyAbroad is in response to a technical note on the Erasmus+ programme issued by government on 28 January 2019. The government has said… Read more »
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This part of the blog features news and information about higher education policy and how BU’s research is influencing policy.
HE Policy Update for the w/e 1st February 2019
This week we bring you the latest on unconditional offers, Parliament give the nod to accelerated degree funding, the wonk-press frenzy in dissecting Chris Skidmore’s first formal speech, and a little on the B-word. Universities Minister speaks out Chris Skidmore gave his inaugural formal speech as Universities Minister on Thursday which set out his vision… Read more »
My Science – what the committee may investigate
The Science and Technology Committee heard suggestions for areas of inquiry that could be undertaken by the committee. Below are the ideas that were pitched to the Committee for further investigation.
HE policy update for the w/e 25th January 2019
We have made the policy update an almost Brexit-free zone this week. Of course we are all looking forward to the excitement on Tuesday, described by the Chancellor Philip Hammond, on radio 4 as not being “high noon” – we’ve got lots more to get through before we get to high noon, apparently. Brexit Keeping… Read more »
HE Policy Update for the w/e 17th January 2019
Post-18 review As we all look forward to the outcome of the Augar review in mid February, and speculation continues, Research Professional have an interview with Bill Rammell, VC at the University of Bedfordshire: “To cut the headline fee…would certainly hit universities hard but what that means is it would hit the student experience hard,”… Read more »
HE Policy update for the w/e 11th January 2019
Value for money (1) – cutting low value university courses A report by Onward published on 7th January sets out some ideas for addressing the concerns about high student loans: A question of degree – Why we should cut graduates’ taxes and pay for it by reducing the number of low value university courses. Not… Read more »
Parliamentary business of interest w/e 11 Jan 2019
Parliamentary items of interest this week include: Immersive entertainment How mental health services are failing the young and the mental health workforce crisis The use of AI in the education sector Immersive entertainment The Government has issued a press release on immersive entertainment: Innovate UK: UK takes centre stage in immersive entertainment revolution New projects… Read more »
HE Policy update for the w/e 4th January 2019
Happy New Year to all our readers! There was a flurry just before Christmas…some of that is here along with the first news of January Value for money To start the new year off on the right foot, as we await the Augur recommendations on the post-18 review, Wonkhe have some analysis of a recent… Read more »
UPDATED: HE Policy update for the w/e 21st December 2018
Grade Inflation New report on Grade inflation by the Office for Students The OfS report is here. The press release is here: The report has already been criticised for the obvious reason – it describes as “unexplained” all improvements in student degree outcomes that are not linked to prior attainment or student background. The UUK/QAA… Read more »
HE Policy update for the w/e 14th December 2018
A busy week in politics, and for policy too. Not looking any quieter as we approach the end of the year, either. We will do a short update next week because the ONS report on student loan accounting is due and there are likely to be interesting reflections on that through the week. Student loans… Read more »
HE policy update for the w/e 7th December 2018
Another lively week in HE policy – starting late last Friday night when the Minister resigned..and we had to wait several days for the new one to be appointed. New Minister For those watching HE twitter late on a Friday night, the big news was Sam Gyimah’s resignation over Brexit (amid some whispers from the… Read more »
#DataSavesLives – using patient data for research
Patient data underpins and leads to improvements in research and care. The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has recently shared a resource surrounding the use of patient data in clinical research. The page contains a number of useful links to guidance such as the NHS pages on why patients’ data matters and also the Understanding Patient… Read more »
HE policy update for the w/e 30th November 2018
Lots of news this week – and some negative headlines as a result. TEF update Have you been following the changes to the TEF announced in February? Are you up to date with the metrics and proposed structure. Did you know that year 5 has been postponed? We have prepared some slides on TEF which will… Read more »
Shaping Media Policy and Regulation
Following a business engagement event on Digital Strategy and Business Transformation and subsequent publications in academic and practitioner journals, Dr Oliver’s work on the strategic digital transformations of the UKs Creative Industries and media firms has been credited with shaping Ofcom’s media policy and regulation. Ofcom recently commented that his research into the how Sky… Read more »
HE Policy update for the w/e 23rd November 2018
Considering we were late and included much of Monday’s news in the last update, this is a bumper update for you. Lots of data and lots of speculation about fees etc. We have managed to avoid the B word this week – as you will have had enough of it from all the other news… Read more »
Professor Dinusha Mendis leads an Expert Meeting on Regulating 3D Printing at the European Commission
On 9 November 2018, Professor Dinusha Mendis of the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management (CIPPM), hosted and led an Expert Meeting on the Intellectual Property (IP) Implications of 3D Printing at the European Commission, Brussels. The Expert Meeting was hosted as part of the European Commission funded project on the Study into IP… Read more »
Professor Dinusha Mendis is interviewed by The Guardian and delivers an invited talk at CHANEL on her research into regulating 3D Printing
Regulating 3D printing has been the focus of attention recently, with the European Parliament adopting a resolution put forward by the Legal Affairs Committee to regulate 3D printing from the perspective of intellectual property (IP) and civil liability. The resolution was adopted in July 2018. Around the same time, the European Commission commissioned a project… Read more »
Highly topical BU article on BREXIT
Congratulations to Dr. Rosie Read and Prof. Lee-Ann Fenge in the Faculty of Health & Social Sciences who just published in the academic journal Health and Social Care in the Community. Their paper is called ‘What does Brexit mean for the UK social care workforce? Perspectives from the recruitment and retention frontline’ [1]. You can’t have a more… Read more »
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