Andrew Adonis and the 'former polytechnics' (again)
John Morgan looks at how an old argument may become pressing in future funding debates
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THE debate: Andrew Adonis and David Willetts
Lord Willetts and Lord Adonis go head to head in this video debate, tackling UK political issues from tuition fees to vice-chancellor pay levels
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Andrew Adonis wants to keep people like me out of politics
Removing university status from post-92 institutions would disproportionately impact already marginalised and vulnerable social groups, says Ben Whitham
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Andrew Adonis hits out at academics (and academics hit back)
Former education minister speaks out on vice-chancellors’ pay, ‘summer holidays’ and academics’ workloads
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Andrew Adonis attacks ‘greed’ of £450K Bath v-c
Labour peer calls for funding council intervention on Glynis Breakwell’s salary
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Adonis v Willetts: a fiery debate that didn’t disappoint
Chris Parr picks through some of the highlights from the tuition fees debate between David Willetts and Andrew Adonis
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Lord Adonis is dead wrong: tuition fees should stay
Knee-jerk, uncosted and damaging calls to abolish fees must be resisted, says Bill Rammell
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Is paid research time a vanishing privilege for modern academics?
Summer is upon northern hemisphere academics. But its cherished traditional identity as a time for intensive research is being challenged by the increasing obligations around teaching and...
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Bath v-c urged to quit over critical Hefce report
University and College Union branch calls for a ‘fresh start’ after watchdog body highlights ‘poor governance’ and lack of transparency over senior pay
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Bogus accounting and irrelevant populism cannot fill Labour’s £11 billion black hole
Andrew Adonis’s account of how Labour could fund universities if tuition fees were abolished lacks credibility, says David Willetts
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Vice-chancellors’ pay row: a whiff of hypocrisy and sexism?
Pam Tatlow looks at the ‘heroes’ and ‘villains’ of the v-c salary row, and finds some unfortunate trends
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Conservative conference 2017: the revival of ‘more means worse’
John Morgan asks whether laments for the polytechnics may have policy impact
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Bath v-c merits higher pay than Oxbridge heads, says council chair
Under-fire head of Bath's governing body defends high pay of Dame Glynis Breakwell after Hefce rebuke
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Natfhe conference: No love for Adonis
The Prime Minister's appointment of an unelected former adviser, Andrew Adonis, as a junior education minister was ridiculed by delegates. A motion from the union's North West Region attacked the "...
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Laurie Taylor – 28 September 2017
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