Interesting high-level read for those wanting to understand the issues with funding and student numbers in Scottish Higher Education.

Hopefully it will dispel a few myths about Scotland’s ‘free tuition’ (hint it’s not free and being under costed) and the real impact the current funding models have…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c80gxyl417no

#HigherEdPolitics #ScottishPolitics #university #funding #scottishHigherEd

University boss calls for major review of Scottish higher education

Sir Anton Muscatelli calls for a review of the future funding and shape of higher education.

BBC News
‘The Only Person in the World Claiming to Be the Pope Right Now’

It’s Danny Kind, and he’s not even Catholic. But he’s in a college class that simulated the conclave of 1492. (There were costumes, bribes and Oreos.)

The New York Times

Sobering article on the state of overseas recruitment, particularly for postgraduate courses, in the UK. Glad to see the story getting highlighted, but disappointed that these are current circumstances

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0mzdejg1d3o

#HigherEdPolitics #Academia

Universities enrolling students with poor English, BBC finds

Institutions may be overlooking inadequate language skills to receive high fees from overseas students.

BBC News

@Reuters "DeSantis said students who want to study diversity subjects should look at universities outside the state. "Florida's getting out of that game," he said."

It's remarkable to see a governor deliberately torpedo a valuable state asset, until we understand that this is a deliberate Bannon-like attack on truth and objectivity more generally. It also mirrors Hungarian politics (both of the 1930s and Orbán)
#Florida #HigherEdPolitics