Howard Hotson: university reforms reflect materialism
University of Oxford historian calls on academics to fight back against changes based on a ‘demonstrably inadequate account of human nature’
University of Oxford historian calls on academics to fight back against changes based on a ‘demonstrably inadequate account of human nature’
David Willetts has rejected accusations that he wants to introduce a US-style model of higher education in a response to criticisms from a University of Oxford academic.
Although Howard Hotson is correct that the earliest university to be established in what is now the European Union was Bologna (1088), he should cast his net more widely to identify the first “...
Frank Furedi’s piece on how the post-Brexit response suggests an out-of-touch scholarly class is strangely post-factual (“Brexit pity parties show how out of touch academia is”, Opinion, 14 July)....
We write as senior academics to express our concern about the proposal from Universities UK to end guaranteed pension payments in the Universities Superannuation Scheme (“UUK reforms ‘will cut USS...
The Higher Education Policy Institute’s reports are meant to encourage debate, so it is good to see Howard Hotson’s response to our latest publication, Keeping up with the Germans, which I wrote (“...
As academics from leading universities, we are concerned about the implications of the Higher Education and Research Bill. We worry that it will reduce the quality of what is a world-leading sector...
With expertise being vilified, institutions must re-establish their relevance to ‘real people’. Fortunately, they are ideally placed to do so
In the continuing debate on the appropriateness of metrics as a tool in the evaluation of research quality, particularly for the next research excellence framework, citation counts are frequently...
National attitudes to universities echo the Bundesliga-Premier League contrast, says John Morgan
Open letter to Hefce and UUK chiefs attracts 169 signatures as quality assessment and TEF proposals debated
Despite the threats that higher education faces from Brexit, and opposition from across the sector, the government appears to be committed to pushing ahead with its disastrous Higher Education and...