Andrew Adonis and the 'former polytechnics' (again)
John Morgan looks at how an old argument may become pressing in future funding debates
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Andrew Adonis wants to keep people like me out of politics
Removing university status from post-92 institutions would disproportionately impact already marginalised and vulnerable social groups, says Ben Whitham
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THE debate: Andrew Adonis and David Willetts
Lord Willetts and Lord Adonis go head to head in this video debate, tackling UK political issues from tuition fees to vice-chancellor pay levels
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Andrew Adonis hits out at academics (and academics hit back)
Former education minister speaks out on vice-chancellors’ pay, ‘summer holidays’ and academics’ workloads
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Andrew Adonis attacks ‘greed’ of ?450K Bath v-c
Labour peer calls for funding council intervention on Glynis Breakwell’s salary
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Natfhe conference: No love for Adonis
The Prime Minister's appointment of an unelected former adviser, Andrew Adonis, as a junior education minister was ridiculed by delegates. A motion from the union's North West Region attacked the "...
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Adonis v Willetts: a fiery debate that didn’t disappoint
Chris Parr picks through some of the highlights from the tuition fees debate between David Willetts and Andrew Adonis
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Lord Adonis is dead wrong: tuition fees should stay
Knee-jerk, uncosted and damaging calls to abolish fees must be resisted, says?Bill Rammell
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Adonis draws barbs for 'elitist' university access programme
Announcing a ?15 million package to help "gifted and talented" pupils win places at elite universities may sound like an uncontroversial move.But when Schools Minister Andrew Adonis unveiled the...
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Is paid research time a vanishing privilege for modern academics?
Summer is upon northern hemisphere academics. But its cherished traditional identity as a time for intensive research is being challenged by the increasing obligations around teaching and...
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Bogus accounting and irrelevant populism cannot fill Labour’s ?11 billion black hole
Andrew Adonis’s account of how Labour could fund universities if tuition fees were abolished lacks credibility, says David Willetts
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Bath v-c urged to quit over critical Hefce report
University and College Union branch calls for a ‘fresh start’ after watchdog body highlights ‘poor governance’ and lack of transparency over senior pay
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Conservative conference 2017: the revival of ‘more means worse’
John Morgan asks whether laments for the polytechnics may have policy impact
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Bath v-c merits higher pay than Oxbridge heads, says council chair
Under-fire head of Bath's governing body defends high pay of Dame Glynis Breakwell after Hefce rebuke
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Laurie Taylor – 28 September 2017
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