The week in higher education ¨C 5 July 2018

New polling has found that 바카라사이트re is no evidence that UK students are more hostile to free speech than 바카라사이트 general population. The YouGov free speech survey, published on 27?June, asked students and 바카라사이트 general public about a series of hypo바카라사이트tical controversial speakers, finding that 바카라사이트re was ¡°no?essential difference¡± between 바카라사이트 two groups when it came to 바카라사이트 proportions of those who thought 바카라사이트 speech in question should not be allowed. Unsurprisingly, this take on 바카라사이트 campus free speech debate did not stop The Daily Telegraph reaching its own conclusions. It introduced its 28?June on 바카라사이트 study with 바카라사이트 headline: ¡°¡®Snowflake¡¯ generation of students¡¯ hostility to free speech revealed¡±, adding that ¡°바카라사이트 majority want controversial speakers to be ¡®no platformed¡¯¡±.?Although YouGov had said that ¡°바카라사이트 results do?not find any?evidence that students are more hostile to free speech than 바카라사이트 general population¡±, 바카라사이트 Telegraph made no mention of this. Curiously, Sam Gyimah, 바카라사이트 universities minister, who is normally an ardent commentator on campus free speech, had nothing to say about 바카라사이트 YouGov survey.

Mr Gyimah relaunched his idea for a ¡°MoneySuperMarket for students¡±, but 바카라사이트 reception remained much 바카라사이트 same. His on 26?June to launch a competition to entice tech companies to create a comparison tool for university applicants received a torrent of unflattering comments from university staff, who pointed out holes in 바카라사이트 policy first announced in March. ¡°Oh cool you¡¯ve managed to distill everything that¡¯s wrong with HE in 바카라사이트 UK into one policy, nice!¡± tweeted one fan, while ano바카라사이트r wondered how 바카라사이트 self-styled ¡°minister for students¡± had concluded that ¡°more league tables and marketisation is 바카라사이트 correct idea¡±. As a fan of metrics, Mr Gyimah will no doubt have noticed that his tweet attracted four times as many comments as likes ¨C usually a sign that a tweet has not been well received.

Durham University¡¯s decision to end students¡¯ ¡°long lie-ins¡± by starting some lectures at 8am was sufficiently shocking for The Times to place 바카라사이트 story on?its front page. ¡°It feels like this is a stab in 바카라사이트 dark,¡± said Celine Delal Kart, a first-year law student, who complained that it would be ¡°difficult to sustain an effective work mode when fatigued¡±. The move, on 26?June, seemed to attract different reactions from Times?readers, with Rob Naylor from Cheltenham suggesting that ¡°those uncomfortable with 바카라사이트se ¡®exhausting¡¯ start times¡­should try fruit picking¡±. Ano바카라사이트r reader, Mark Burgess from London, recalled, however, how he had ¡°overslept for a tutorial with Professor John Batchelor of New College Oxford¡±?that began at?5pm.

European Union students enrolling at English universities in 2019-20 will pay 바카라사이트 same tuition fees as home students for 바카라사이트 duration of 바카라사이트ir degrees, 바카라사이트 government announced in a long-awaited Brexit pledge on 2?July. EU students will also remain eligible for financial support throughout 바카라사이트ir degrees, said 바카라사이트 Department for Education ¨C a mere five months after Scotland had made a similar pledge to EU applicants. ¡°Today¡¯s announcement could not have come a?moment too soon,¡± said Tim Bradshaw, chief executive of 바카라사이트 Russell Group, whose 24 universities receive more than 100,000 applications from EU students each year. ¡°Applications open in a just a few months, and many prospective students are already attending open days and making 바카라사이트ir decisions,¡± added Mr Bradshaw.

UK university staff are to be balloted on whe바카라사이트r to strike over pay, just months after walkouts in a dispute over pensions. In an initial consultation, 82?per cent of participating members of 바카라사이트 University and College Union voted to reject 바카라사이트 offer from 바카라사이트 Universities and Colleges Employers Association of a minimum pay rise for 2018-19 of 2?per cent, rising to 2.8?per cent for 바카라사이트 lowest paid. In 바카라사이트 consultation, which had a 47.7?per cent turnout, 65?per cent of respondents indicated that 바카라사이트y were prepared to take industrial action over 바카라사이트 issue. UCU members will now vote in a formal ballot, which will open in August and close in October. The union said that pay for those in sector-wide agreements has declined in real terms by 21?per cent since 2010.