Why didn't we say no?

Article Abstract:

Higher education in the United Kingdom now faces three threats: the worsening of student debt, which has become explicit government policy; a drive to fragment the sector through the introduction of top-up fees; and the creation of a specious division between research and teaching. It is argued that it is time academics stopped placing all of the blame for the current state of affairs on the government and began to accept that some of the blame rests on their shoulders due to the fact that they have not been properly vigilant or offered up enough resistance to changes that have resulted in an unbalancing of courses and a fragmentation of knowledge.

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Why do the English fail to see real worth of study?

Article Abstract:

An analysis of the different opinions held towards higher education in England and Ireland. It is suggested that in Ireland education is seen as the key to academic growth and that that this belief in the value of education is what is behind Ireland's current high rate of economic growth. This contrasts with England where, it is argued, there is a much higher degree of ambivalence towards the value of higher education. It is contended that this difference in attitudes could serve to give Ireland an important advantage over its neighbour.

Ireland, Public affairs, England, Social aspects

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V-c retreats in pursuit of a higher calling

Article Abstract:

When Bernadette Porter, vice-chancellor of Roehampton University, steps down from her current position she will not miss her UKPd103,000/yr salary because she already hands it all over to the Society of the Sacred Heart, the order to which she belongs. Porter argues that the Government's plans for the future of higher education are increasingly utilitarian, focusing solely on the economic value of studying a subject and ignoring any other value that the subject might hold.

Colleges & Universities, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, Executive changes & profiles, Colleges and universities, Officials and employees, Universities and colleges, Influence, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Higher education and state, Porter, Bernadette

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