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Governance as a topic in Higher Education Studies

SRHE

I have used the UK as the basis of my argument for recognising the importance of governance as a contributory discipline to higher education studies. This was a phrase that had little traction in the UK until the constitution of the former polytechnics was first published in 1992).

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REF 2021: reflecting on results, rules and regulations, and reform (again)

SRHE

The 2021 listings take a unionist view, starting with Aberdeen rather than Anglia Ruskin. It also credits the ‘flourishing research base’ in HEIs, but a recent report from DBEIS making international comparisons of the UK research base shows that between 2016 and 2020, the UK publication share declined by 2.7%

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Folk music stars join protests over plans to axe Gaelic at Aberdeen University

The Guardian Higher Education

‘Staggering act of cultural vandalism’ is part of proposals to cut degree courses in modern languages Many of Scotland’s best-known folk music stars have joined protests by Gaelic scholars, lecturers and politicians over plans by the University of Aberdeen to axe its languages courses.

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