John Morgan
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https://johnmorgan.journoportfolio.com/ 15-05-2012 11:54:57
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Wonder where Times got their idea for a splash using uni accounts to show how much fee income Russell Group draws from overseas students? Times Higher Education did the exact same thing (with a rather more nuanced explanation of driving factors) - a month ago. timeshighereducation.com/news/russell-g…
“The biggest probability for universities is they are part of the election campaign in a way they do not want… all eyes will be on you very, very fast.” Rachel Wolf warns to be ready for culture war tactics. John Morgan reports. timeshighereducation.com/news/tory-cult… via Times Higher Education
Universities may be “part of election campaign in a way they do not want” if Tories use campus culture wars to split Labour vote, according to last Tory manifesto's author, Rachel Wolf - who said “everyone hates the Conservatives for the same reasons”. timeshighereducation.com/news/tory-cult…
Interviewed outgoing University of Oxford chancellor Lord Patten: boost govt funding 'or lose university world power status'; 'I was chairman of the Tory party when there was one'; hating the culture wars and what he learned from his Marxist, atheist Oxford tutor. timeshighereducation.com/news/patten-bo…
Universities must make flexible working “the default”, including at higher salary levels, to truly tackle gender pay gaps, says Higher Education Policy Institute report that asks: “How long will it be until we see the first job-share vice-chancellor?” timeshighereducation.com/news/job-share… via John Morgan
HE&Me: Lucy Noakes 💙, historian at University of Essex and president-elect of Royal Historical Society, tells John Morgan about studying the 20th-century experience of war, remembrance and grief and the importance of history beyond Oxbridge
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Charity Commission tells Oxford colleges to change and modernise how they run themselves, Times Higher Education learns, after one college's costly battle to oust its former dean and another's response to a rape allegation raised concerns about governing bodies. timeshighereducation.com/news/charity-w…
Michelle Donelan apologises for tweeting letter to UKRI. Claim that tweet was 'never motivated by any political desire' may raise eyebrows (she is a politician, after all). Story from John Morgan timeshighereducation.com/news/donelan-a… via Times Higher Education
Does a recent paper suggest university research is 'failing to boost economic growth', as reported by The Economist? That's 'overly dramatic' - big companies' lack of capacity to absorb university research is a key part of the picture, says lead author, timeshighereducation.com/news/universit…
.Universities UK survey shows 44% fall in overseas taught postgrad enrolments across 73 unis after dependents visa change took effect in Jan - so no need for further restrictions on graduate visas, it argues. timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-intern…
Case of Prof Jo Phoenix exposed 'shocking failure of leadership' in universities, Professor Alice Sullivan tells Higher Education Policy Institute event - Adam Habib agrees, saying it was an 'astonishing indictment of British HE' timeshighereducation.com/news/v-c-jo-ph… via John Morgan