This blog was kindly contributed by recent graduate Abbie Jessop, Chair of Wellbeing Network at Bristol Students’ Union (SU) 2017-18, who worked with student society Beat this Together to pass SU policy in June 2020. On 8 June 2020, the Student Council at the University of Bristol Students’ Union passed…
The Higher Education Policy Institute has published the HEPI Annual Soft-Power Ranking 2020, which looks at the countries that have educated the most serving world leaders. The results show the UK, which had educated the most world leaders in 2017 but slipped relative to the US in both 2018 and…
The number of serving world leaders educated in another country is widely regarded as a proxy for ‘soft power’. When a country has educated a relatively high number of people who go on to lead their own countries, this is thought to reflect the influence of the host country and…
This blog was kindly contributed by John Claughton, Chief Master of King Edward’s School, Birmingham (2006-2016). You can find John on Twitter @ClaughtonJohn . For many years I fought upon the plains of windy Troy, but all I do now is watch the fighting, like King Priam from the battlements,…
This blog was kindly contributed by Lorna Cosgrave, a third year History undergraduate at Durham University. Before July 2020, many people had not heard of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), also called Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME). However, it has increasingly been brought into the public forum as the condition has become a…
This guest blog has been written by Tom Fryer, author of free-to-access ‘Naff: Universities and how to change them‘ and PhD researcher at the Manchester Institute of Education. You can find Tom on Twitter @TomFryer4 . Everyone has been very ‘present’ recently. Not a Buddhist, awareness of your breath, kind…
This blog was kindly contributed by John Craven, Chief Executive of upReach, the award-winning social mobility charity that works in partnership with universities to support the progression of disadvantaged students into highly skilled jobs. You can find John on Twitter @upReachJCraven . Ofqual were set a nearly impossible task: Provide students with…
This blog was kindly contributed by Philip Cunliffe, Senior Lecturer in International Conflict at the University of Kent and author of the recent report ‘Saving Britain’s Universities: Academic Freedom, Democracy and Renewal’ published by Cieo. Just as university recruitment looked as if it was beginning to settle, the Government’s U-turn…
This blog was kindly contributed by the Research Development Team, Faculty of Humanities, The University of Manchester: Chloe Jeffries, Aaron McGaughey, Luke Postlethwaite and Jared Ruff. COVID-19 upturned research funding. The first act of the crisis saw a necessary focus on health risks. Medical research dominated the media, funding calls…
This blog was kindly contributed by Professor David Voas, Head of the UCL Social Research Institute. Members of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) are losing a key benefit, and almost no one knows it. Currently, you have the option to increase your pension income on favourable terms by giving up…