Simon Marginson. The current edition of the OECD’s Education at a Glance, published on 13 September, noted that in 2014, only 28 per cent of the financing of all tertiary education in the UK was from public sources, with 72…
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How do we secure HE’s role as a public good?
Tagged with: higher education, Simon Marginson, student fees
Posted in Education policy, Further higher and lifelong education
Posted in Education policy, Further higher and lifelong education
Performance management is here to stay, but TEF needs a rethink
Simon Marginson. The post-election regroupement of the government provides a surprising and welcome opportunity to rethink the TEF before it does too much damage, before the shaping of behaviours and unplanned consequences become entrenched. Let’s consider what might happen if…
Tagged with: Simon Marginson, TEF, university rankings, university teaching
Posted in Further higher and lifelong education
Posted in Further higher and lifelong education
Priorities for a new Government: advice from our academics part 4 – HE
The IOE blog has asked colleagues from across the Institute what’s at the top of their wish list. We are publishing their replies during the run-up to the election. Higher education It almost goes without saying that the most early…
Tagged with: general election 2017, higher education, Simon Marginson
Posted in Education policy, Further higher and lifelong education
Posted in Education policy, Further higher and lifelong education
Reforging American public higher education: how California dreaming could become a reality once more
Simon Marginson. Modern higher education began in the United States in the 1960s. Participation grew rapidly in the world’s first mass higher education system, federal grants underpinned a remarkable growth in research, and the 1960 Master Plan for Higher Education…
Tagged with: HE funding, higher education, Simon Marginson, student loans
Posted in Further higher and lifelong education
Posted in Further higher and lifelong education
Universities have a crucial post-Brexit role in working across borders
Simon Marginson. At first, after the June referendum, it was unclear what ‘Brexit’ meant, but the post-Brexit landscape is now emerging. Theresa May will table the complex bill to leave the EU in the House of Commons in March 2017,…
Tagged with: Brexit, international students, Simon Marginson, universities
Posted in Education policy, Further higher and lifelong education, Research matters
Posted in Education policy, Further higher and lifelong education, Research matters
