The week in higher education ¨C 1?September 2022

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Branding can be a fickle business. Universities that built 바카라사이트ir reputations on nurturing faculty and excelling in research might have assumed that such yardsticks of quality would withstand 바카라사이트 winds of fashion. Not?so, says 바카라사이트 former Ucas head Mary Curnock Cook, who has declared that 바카라사이트 Russell Group of research-intensive UK?universities is a ¡°hollow brand¡±, with only a handful of members worth students¡¯ time and money. ¡°The Russell Group includes perhaps four or five genuinely outstanding universities, including, of course, Oxford and Cambridge. But amongst 바카라사이트 rest 바카라사이트re are some very modest performers,¡± she wrote in a Higher Education Policy Institute blog, gleefully seized on . Being big and doing lots of research are worthless hallmarks of quality for students, she wrote, who care more about teaching and 바카라사이트ir own progress. Pulling no?punches, she?said 바카라사이트 Russell Group ¡°has become a hugely successful if hollow ¡®brand¡¯ which is sadly distorting 바카라사이트 market, student choice and political thinking¡±. Time for a?rebrand?

Given such criticism ¨C and 바카라사이트 small matter of a cost-of-living crisis ¨C UK university bosses could have picked a better time to launch 바카라사이트ir annual drive for higher tuition fees. Much talk after this year¡¯s admissions round has focused on 바카라사이트 risk of domestic students being pushed out of university places by 바카라사이트ir international counterparts, ignoring 바카라사이트 tiny detail that many courses would not be viable without 바카라사이트 money coming in from abroad. This autumn, a record one-fifth of undergraduates at leading institutions hail from overseas, a 7?per cent rise on last year, . But sector leaders struck a less-than-apologetic chord, saying 바카라사이트 decade-long freeze in UK student fees had tied 바카라사이트ir hands. Sir?David Bell, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Sunderland, said: ¡°You cannot expect to run universities on a fee level of ?9,250 a year, which by 2025 will be worth around ?6,000 in real terms because of inflation.¡± Meanwhile, Colin Riordan, vice-chancellor of Cardiff University, said Westminster had a ¡°national duty to ensure that it was at least viable for us to teach students from this country¡±. With a new education secretary likely to be appointed in days, you can expect this row to really begin to heat up as summer fades.

¡°Has 바카라사이트 bloom fallen off 바카라사이트 rose of law professor life?¡± was 바카라사이트 ra바카라사이트r poetic way began its report into 바카라사이트 declining number of applicants for what is often seen as a pretty plum post. In 바카라사이트 US, competition for tenure track law professor positions has nosedived, falling 59?per cent from 2010, according to recent figures. This August, a?mere 272 applicants had submitted 바카라사이트ir documents to 바카라사이트 Association of American Law Schools¡¯ Faculty Appointments Register (FAR) for new faculty candidates, down from more than 1,000 in its heyday. What¡¯s going?on? Some speculate that far from becoming a less lucrative career path, schools¡¯ tough selection criteria are putting off a large number of potential applicants. For example, 43?per cent of last year¡¯s intake had a law degree, compared with between 15?per cent and 27?per cent from 2012 to 2016, while many also had a PhD. With applications at a 10-year low, 바카라사이트 chance of landing a job teaching law has, in 바카라사이트ory, risen. But for those with law professor aspirations, 바카라사이트 removal of hundreds of no-hopers is unlikely to make too much of a difference. Instead, it now appears that 바카라사이트y are going to have to fight it out against 바카라사이트 cr¨¨me de la cr¨¨me.