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Andy Westwood

Andy Westwood is Vice Dean for Social Responsibility in the Faculty of Humanities and Professor of Government Practice at the University of Manchester

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Why Labour should prioritise tertiary reform over tuition fees

by Andy Westwood

23/01/23

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Targeting Blair: we ignore calls to address inequality and improve productivity at our peril

by Andy Westwood

25/04/22

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Can OfS help level up the country?

by Andy Westwood

15/11/21

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Build Back Higher: is it jam tomorrow for science and research?

by Andy Westwood

12/04/21

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The Skills for Jobs white paper is what happens when policy is made in a vacuum

by Andy Westwood

25/01/21

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It’s time for academic-policy engagement to truly take off

by Sarah Chaytor

2/07/20

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Universities can’t afford to be bystanders to building the post-pandemic world

by Andy Westwood

29/06/20

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Imagining a higher education system beyond Covid-19

by Andy Westwood

20/04/20

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The government has massive choices to make on Budget day

by Andy Westwood

9/03/20

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Wicked problems: are we doing too much research?

by Andy Westwood

20/01/20

Asking the right question

by Nicholas Barr

5/06/19

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Universities and government should seize this civic moment

by Andy Westwood

12/02/19

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Let’s go fly a kite: The higher education landscape

by Marian Hilditch

8/01/19

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This is no normal Budget

by Andy Westwood

28/10/18

Jexit leaves a mixed legacy in higher education

by Andy Westwood

9/01/18

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Why we wonk – a case study

by Andy Westwood

2/11/17

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Forward together in the next major wave of technical education policy

by Andy Westwood

22/05/17

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An article of blame or an article of faith?

by Andy Westwood

26/02/17

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What are Institutes of Technology and how could they work?

by Andy Westwood

23/01/17

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A time for governing in prose (and spreadsheets)

by Andy Westwood

21/11/16

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Not dead but stunned: HE policy in the May government

by Andy Westwood

16/07/16

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TEF and the importance of university teachers

by Andy Westwood

2/12/15

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Spending Review: In the Bleak Midwinter?

by Andy Westwood

25/11/15

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From May to November: is the climate on international students beginning to shift?

by Andy Westwood

21/09/15

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George’s Marvellous Medicine

by Andy Westwood

6/07/15

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DIUS ex Machina? Or whither or wither BIS?

by Andy Westwood

9/05/15

HE Power List: Haldane, Robbins & Dearing

by Andy Westwood

26/03/15

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OECD: whose side are they on?

by Andy Westwood

12/01/15

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Autumn Statement: Pain, sorcery and a rabbit called Tim

by Andy Westwood

3/12/14

The legacy of David Willetts

by Andy Westwood

Analysis, Comment

17/07/14

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RAB and the wizardry of student finance

by Andy Westwood

25/03/14

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Apprenticeships or university – a false choice

by Andy Westwood

7/03/14

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The narcissism of minor differences

by Andy Westwood

11/02/14

A statement that we didn’t expect?

by Andy Westwood

5/12/13

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Black holes and revelations

by Andy Westwood

27/11/13

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Economic vs social conservatism?

by Andy Westwood

Analysis, Comment

27/09/13

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(It’s) Hard Labour?

by Andy Westwood

Analysis, Comment

20/09/13

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Whither (or wither) the Lib Dems?

by Andy Westwood

Analysis, Comment

12/09/13

Austerity, the Spending Review and a crisis in human capital

by Andy Westwood

7/05/13

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Three clouds on the horizon?

by Andy Westwood

5/10/12

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Employability: Congratulations to the best and ‘worst’ performers…

by Andy Westwood

17/07/12

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Immigration: politics matter more than statistics

by Andy Westwood

3/07/12

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Why being a university matters

by Andy Westwood

11/06/12

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There may be trouble ahead

by Andy Westwood

30/04/12

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An innovation and efficiencies pot?

by Andy Westwood

10/04/12

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