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HE policy update for the w/e 4th February 2021
Wonkhe and Pearson have collaborated to highlight what students value about remote and flexible learning aspects. The CMA have called… Read more »
HE policy update for the w/e 21st January 2021
After a long wait the sector received a landslide of HE policy interventions on Thursday. The FE Skills White paper,… Read more »
Department of Health and Social Care statement on prioritisation of research studies
Please find below a statement from the Department of Health & Social Care. Please bear this in mind when in… Read more »
Working with the Brazilian Tourism Research Community – H2, 2020 in review
Hello BU community, I am Dr. Miguel Moital, a Principal Academic in Events Management within the Department of Sport &… Read more »
HE Policy Update for the w/e 27th November 2020
The spending review was quiet on HE and heavier on research spending commitments. A UUK publication tackles racial harassment in… Read more »
‘Defying categorisation’
During the other half of his time in semi-retirement, Donald Nordberg, Associate Professor in the Business School, is revisiting themes from… Read more »
HE Policy Update for the w/e 2nd October 2020
We’re in October already! This week has been busy in Parliament, and we had some Ministerial engagement too. Boris unveiled… Read more »
HE policy update for the w/e 18th September 2020
Hi all, there is very much of a “what will the new academic year hold” feel about this week. Will… Read more »
Welcome Dr. Lyle Skains, SL in Health and Science Communication
I am delighted to announce that as of this week Dr. Lyle Skains joins us in FMC, Department of Communication… Read more »
HE Policy Update for the w/e 23rd July 2020
We’ve been inundated with words – Ministerial speeches this week, (g)rumblings over social mobility continue, and Parliament showed no signs… Read more »
Due Diligence: International Research Collaborations & Partnerships – Best practice guidance
The Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) has provided guidance on due diligence regarding the legitimacy of international… Read more »
HE Policy Update for the w/e 16th July 2020
This week we have more from the Universities Minister as the post-Covid policy direction becomes clearer, as well as that… Read more »
HE Policy Update for the w/e 9th July 2020
A lot about skills and employment in the “mini-budget” this week. There is quite a lot on the “poor quality… Read more »
HE Policy Update for the w/e 29th June 2020
The government are apparently planning a radical overhaul of admissions (maybe), they have found some funding for research support, EU… Read more »
HE policy update for the w/e 19th June 2020
Welcome to your bumper edition of the weekly policy update. There has been so much action this week we delayed… Read more »
Online Researcher Development Resources for PGRs
As we enter June still in lockdown, I wanted to share some of the online researcher development resources freely available… Read more »
HE Policy Update for the w/e 20th May 2020
A bumper week (again) – here is your easy way to catch up on everything all in one place Student… Read more »
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