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I have been concerned what plans to reduce bureaucracy will entail, since the restructuring regime was published in July, accompanied by a sentence ‘For our part, we are actively considering how to reduce the burden of bureaucracy imposed by Government and regulators’. I appreciate many in the sector may not…
This blog was kindly contributed by David Tymms, Chair of the British Property Federation Student Accommodation Committee ,Commercial Director at iQ Student Accommodation and formerly, Director of Residential Services, LSE. This article has been written in a personal capacity. As the Department for Education’s (DfE) and Ofqual’s A-Level omni-shambles continues…
This blog was kindly contributed by Trevor Treharne, the Communications and Digital Engagement Officer of the ESRC/OFSRE (Economic and Social Research Council / Office for Students and Research England) Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE), a partnership of six UK and nine international universities headquartered in the University of Oxford’s…
This blog was kindly contributed by Dr Neil Raven, educational consultant and researcher in widening access. You can contact him at [email protected]. Over the last few months, I have been impressed by how those engaged in higher education access and outreach have responded to the challenges caused by the pandemic.…
This blog was kindly contributed by Dr Dean Machin. Dean is Head of Policy at the University of Portsmouth. Previously, he worked for David Willetts on his book ‘A University Education’ and has written a report for the Social Mobility Commission on data-sharing. ‘No plan survives first contact with the enemy’, so…
This blog was kindly contributed by Professor Nishan Canagarajah, Vice-Chancellor and President at the University of Leicester. You can find Nishan on Twitter @NCanagarajah . On 29 June 2020, Leicester became the first city in the UK to face a local lockdown. This was announced during the same week as…
This blog is the latest in a series by Dennis Sherwood, who has been tracking the 2020 results fiasco for HEPI. On Wednesday 10 June 2020, Dr Michelle Meadows, Ofqual’s Executive Director for Strategy, Risk and Research, and Sally Collier, at that time, but no longer, Ofqual’s Chief Regulator, appeared before the Education…
This blog was kindly contributed by recent graduate Abbie Jessop, Chair of Wellbeing Network at Bristol Students’ Union (SU) 2017-18, who worked with student society Beat this Together to pass SU policy in June 2020. On 8 June 2020, the Student Council at the University of Bristol Students’ Union passed…
This blog was kindly contributed by John Claughton, Chief Master of King Edward’s School, Birmingham (2006-2016). You can find John on Twitter @ClaughtonJohn . For many years I fought upon the plains of windy Troy, but all I do now is watch the fighting, like King Priam from the battlements,…
This blog was kindly contributed by Lorna Cosgrave, a third year History undergraduate at Durham University. Before July 2020, many people had not heard of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), also called Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME). However, it has increasingly been brought into the public forum as the condition has become a…