Author
Iain Mansfield
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Iain Mansfield is Director of Research and Head of Education and Science at Policy Exchange
18 pieces
Newest first, since April 2018
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Bringing coherence to tertiary education
Following a Policy Exchange event on the topic, Iain Mansfield and Lucian Hudson explore what we need to do to build a true tertiary education system
With Lucian Hudson
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What I’ve learned from Labour’s tuition fee announcement
For Iain Mansfield, the issue with Labour’s recent announcement on tuition fees is a question of salience
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We need to break the impasse on higher education funding. Here’s how
An HE funding system that can’t maintain pace with inflation is not one that is fit for the long term. Iain Mansfield and Lucian Hudson make the case for radical thinking
With Lucian Hudson
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Would a cap and trade mechanism control student numbers?
Iain Mansfield puts forward a cap and trade system for limiting student numbers in higher education, as an alternative to either a DDD threshold or individual caps once rumoured to be in the Augar review.
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In defence of academic freedom
Attacks on academic freedom from within the academy are a dangerous new development in the ongoing battles over free speech, says Iain Mansfield
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What happens to your consultation responses?
Iain Mansfield lifts the lid on how your consultation responses shape government policy.
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The essential elements of TEF
Iain Mansfield was the architect of the TEF – now he offers us his views on where the controversial teaching excellence rating system should go next.
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How I learned to stop worrying and love Brexit
Iain Mansfield shares five silver linings from Brexit for higher education.
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The virtues of university giving
Iain Mansfield asks why so few people donate money to their university.
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Don’t harm opportunities for other people’s children
Contributing editor Iain Mansfield responds to criticism of his paper on grammar schools for HEPI
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Let’s go fly a kite: Access and participation
Top wonks from across the HE sector share ideas for innovation in access and participation
With Aaron Porter and Dan Beynon
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The state of the union
Iain Mansfield argues that the practices of some students’ unions mean that radical reform is required.
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An outsider’s view of subject level TEF
Iain Mansfield, former civil servant and acknowledged architect of the TEF, reflects on the latest announcements and what they mean for the TEF roadmap.
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A hierarchy of purposes in higher education
With increasing evidence that a significant minority of graduates don’t possess the basic skills one would expect at GCSE, has the time come to make earning a bachelor’s degree conditional upon passing a standardised, ba
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How to engage civil servants effectively
Iain Mansfield on how to engage civil servants effectively.
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Working towards a sector taxonomy of value
Iain Mansfield offers a personal view of the value for money the sector offers.
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Grade inflation: a clear and present danger
Iain Mansfield argues that we can no longer ignore the issue of grade inflation at university.
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In defence of archaic governance structures
Academic self-governance gets a bad press, but does it hold the answer to modern leadership challenges? Iain Mansfield considers the Humboldtian University.