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Yes to open debate and transparency in research, but FOI is the wrong tool for the job
The Protection of Freedoms Bill will be debated in the House of Lords again tomorrow. This is our chance to get an exemption for pre-publication research from Freedom of Information requests, in line with the exemptions in Scottish and US legislation. Universities UK have produced a briefing for Peers that explains more. (more…)
Exempting unpublished university research from FOI is a reasonable request to make
There has been a lot of concern within universities about how Freedom of Information [FOI] requests affect university research. Universities UK is currently trying to persuade Parliament to amend the Freedom of Information Act to create a new exemption that so that universities (in England, Wales and Northern Ireland) can decline to release information and data relating to research that has not yet been published. (more…)
Broccoli, apprenticeships and the student market – dispatches from Conservative party conference
In his speech to the Tory faithful today, David Willetts described universities as a national asset like the Monarchy and the armed forces – how close to Tory hearts is that? Pretty close I suspect. He sang universities’ praises this afternoon, armed with a heads-up from the Times Higher league tables that the rest of us will see this Thursday, that even more UK universities are in the top 100 than last year. (more…)
Widening participation: it’s about more than just school performance
University admissions were front page news at the Labour Party conference with suggestions from AQA that university applicants should be ranked according to school performance ’allowing applicants from diverse socio-economic backgrounds to compete fairly for university places‘.
Universities already use contextual data in admissions and UUK strongly believes that universities are best placed to make decisions on who to admit. These are usually based on a number of factors, of which school performance is only one. (more…)
Higher education centre stage at Labour conference
After hearing Ed Miliband speak at the Labour Party conference, it’s clear that higher education again assumes a fairly totemic status in a leader’s speech which promised the country a ‘new bargain based on Britain’s values’. (more…)
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