Mark Bennett is VP Research and Insight at Keystone Education Group.
10 pieces
Newest first, since March 2020
· Comment
Is the growth of international MRes recruitment a problem?
Though the numbers involved are small, last year saw a sharp rise in international recruitment to non-PhD research degrees. Mark Bennett asks what is going on
· Comment
What’s in the post-16 white paper for postgraduate study?
There’s a lot of references to postgraduate study in the white paper. Mark Bennett tries to make sense of how it all fits together
· Comment
Fixing the potholes in postgraduate funding
Mark Bennett and Ewan Fairweather highlight the pitfalls and uncertainties in an increasingly fragmented UK postgraduate financial support offer
With Ewan Fairweather
· Comment
A manifesto for unlocking PGT potential
Mark Bennett thinks we don’t talk enough about the advantages of postgraduate study. He suggests some policy tweaks that could unleash a higher learning revolution
· Comment
Nobody has any idea what proper postgraduate funding should look like
With changes to the Welsh model of postgraduate funding, there is no longer a UK approach that takes the cost of study into account. Mark Bennett asks why
· Policy Watch
What does the lifelong loan entitlement mean for postgraduate study?
Including postgraduate study in the LLE could be expensive, but leaving it out carries risk. Mark Bennett weighs up the potential options and outcomes
· Analysis
If we wanted to fix PGT, where would we start?
Postgraduate taught provision has many problems – Mark Bennett asks where we should start
· Comment
How REF can help PhD applicants
For Mark Bennett, REF results – appropriately qualified – can help PhD applicants understand the departments they are considering applying to
· Comment
What has the pandemic really done for UK postgraduate enrolments?
An uptick in mature postgraduate student numbers is evidence of a desire to learn and new kinds of accessible delivery. Mark Bennett wonders about funding them
· Analysis
Doctoral loans have not radically changed PhD recruitment
How much difference has the availability of PhD loans made to doctoral recruitment? Mark Bennett has the data.