#ukhe — Public Fediverse posts
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If you haven't already, please sign this petition to #StopTheCuts! UK Higher Education (#UKHE) is in dire straits after years of neglect by the UK government. Institutions are at a breaking point and we will lose this public good if the government doesn't step up: https://stopthecutspetition.org.uk
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@tomstafford Is this the kind of data you mean? Net liquidity in days, from the OfS. https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/publications/navigating-financial-challenges-in-higher-education/
#UKuniversities #UKHE #HigherEd #OfficeForStudents #UniversityFunding -
What's that you say? You want an undergraduate practical course that teaches #MinION sequencing of the skin microbiome? Here you go:
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Polling also shows most people think students should pay less towards the cost of higher education and employers should pay more.
UCU is now calling on all political parties to put forward a realistic higher education funding model ahead of the coming general election.
Our reclaim Higher Education campaign launches today and will fight for radical reform of higher education.
https://ucu.org.uk/ReclaimHElaunch?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Social&campaign=ReclaimHE
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A new report by London Economics shows an employer levy of around 1% on employer NI contributions for graduates could support the scrapping of tuition fees at no cost to the Exchequer.
Alternatively, a 3% increase to corporation tax could be used to fund higher education instead. This would mean only profitable businesses would pay for the UK's university system, with those making the most profit paying the most.
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Thoughts and prayers to everyone else having to read the #ChatGPT crap that now fills UCAS applications to British universities. UCAS personal statements were bad enough already without feeding them through a meat-grinder that spews out the chaotic average of 10 million pieces of thesaurus-larded garbage.
