UK HE International

[UK HE International @UKhigherEd]

We are not in dispute with #USS, but question their valuation. We are not in dispute #UUK, however unaccountable.

We are in dispute with our employers.

They were asked a simple question: will you honour your pension promise? They said 'no' and under the bus we go. #USSstrike

[UK HE International @UKhigherEd]

We are not in dispute with #USS, but question their valuation. We are not in dispute #UUK, however unaccountable.

We are in dispute with our employers.

They were asked a simple question: will you honour your pension promise? They said 'no' and threw your old age under the bus.

[Martin O'Neill @martin_oneill]

Here's a THREAD on the #USS Trustees, powerful individuals whose role has been insufficiently examined, and who have been operating without the full benefits of public scrutiny.

#USSstrikes #USSstrike #WeAreTheUniversity #StrikeForUSS #DemocratiseUSS #DemocratizeUSS

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[edumemeUK @edumemeUK]

Peter Scott runs the compelling argument for a more progressive tax system to fund #UKHE: https://t.co/eXNC8tTLrN

[edumemeUK @edumemeUK]

Eval of teaching means: programme design, VLE content, assessment design, co-curricular support, etc. Grades, NSS & jobs are poor proxy #TEF

[edumemeUK @edumemeUK]

@amcgettigan on the government’s loss of perspective on UKHE problems and solutions https://t.co/NR1mBXHx6l #HEWhitePaper #TEF

[edumemeUK @edumemeUK]

Debate on private, for profit #UKHE https://t.co/IkmbtmDA0I Consequences worse — public cross-subsidies become private profit.

[edumemeUK @edumemeUK]

Live feed from launch of @ResearchCGHE available this morning and tomorrow afternoon at https://t.co/PHkmFPMQYV #GCHElaunch

[edumemeUK @edumemeUK]

Timely warning by @lizmorrish about sports metaphors and metrics to manage #UKHE https://t.co/VUEcc8acFG

[edumemeUK @edumemeUK]

@lizmorrish warns of sports, metrics management of research https://t.co/gVNTm9KVIu same applies to teaching https://t.co/PPNI1srPOO

[edumemeUK @edumemeUK]

The Times: “Almost 50,000 students at British universities have been caught cheating in the past three years.” Ouch. https://t.co/2HqtFGQez8

[edumemeUK @edumemeUK]

UKHE deficits https://t.co/eVNJb35VmL. Easier changes in legal form https://t.co/Y0KLJ6EkrO Debt to equity swaps = pathway to privatisation?

[edumemeUK @edumemeUK]

@dkernohan on TEF green paper “[the] worst aspects of ... three initiatives to produce something outstandingly bad” https://t.co/M6EmGh84pE

[edumemeUK @edumemeUK]

@HarrietSwain on technology challenging the @OpenUniversity and its history of humanising distance education https://t.co/O2BSeKkllZ

[edumemeUK @edumemeUK]

Faculty & student mobility, international collaboration, huge research funding. #UKHE should be very pro-EU. http://t.co/fzFWXSVGyM @wonkhe

[edumemeUK @edumemeUK]

Minister to call for transparency on #UKHE fees use. http://t.co/4ZKlYUUAba School & department level data would reveal cross-subsidies

[edumemeUK @edumemeUK]

Clearing the way to higher dropout rates? Universities & students beware the consequences of #clearing decisions. https://t.co/JPKCA3uMlZ

[edumemeUK @edumemeUK]

Stefan Colini: consumer product markets are a poor way to match students and institutions, improve #UKHE quality. http://t.co/W42SGlapyC

[edumemeUK @edumemeUK]

Respond to UK Govt proposal to increase loan repayments for recent graduates & current #UKstudents https://t.co/8q5uV11VVJ #studentfinance