Author
Andy Westwood
Vice Dean for Social Responsibility, University of Manchester
47 pieces
Newest first, since April 2012 · page 3 of 3
· Analysis
The Social Mobility Trap and why politicians fall into it
Alan Milburn’s recent report into social mobility and higher education says little that is really controversial or particularly surprising. He has outlined the data that shows up the unequal admissions across universitie
· Analysis
Three clouds on the horizon?
You could be forgiven for thinking that all is well – we’ve gone through the pain of reform and everything is now in place for the long term – the system, give or take a few thousand students (on a like for like comparis
· Data
Employability: Congratulations to the best and ‘worst’ performers…
HESA have recently released the latest DLHE figures showing the destinations of graduates six months after obtaining their degrees. They have sparked headlines about unemployed graduates as well as underemployed graduate
· Analysis
Immigration: politics matter more than statistics
The immigration debate is becoming increasingly technical, with universities arguing for different OECD measures and inevitably, the need for more and better data. But this isn’t a technical or even an economic debate. L
· Comment
Why being a university matters
In last June’s Higher Education white paper (yes it really was that long ago), BIS declared their intention to reduce the qualifying threshold for university title from 4,000 to 1,000 students. All the other qualifying c
· Analysis
There may be trouble ahead
Ministers have now made up their minds on student number controls for 2013 opting for an increase in contestable places with a shift from AAB to ABB and equivalents – further opening up the market at the top end. Core an
· Comment
An innovation and efficiencies pot?
The Government doesn’t quite know what it wants to do with the core and margin policy next year. At the moment their instinct is to run it again on more or less the same terms. Ministers don’t see either AAB or core and