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Most universities are charities: so what?

HEPI

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Mary Synge , academic author and charity law specialist. On the website of nearly every university, you will find an explanation that the institution is a charity. But what does this mean, apart from generous tax advantages?

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Does it feel better to work in a school or a university?

HEPI

This guest blog has been kindly written for HEPI by James Fuller, who supports the senior team at Lancaster University having previously worked in secondary school leadership. In this blog, he considers some similarities and differences between the school and higher education sectors and considers himself very lucky to be in HE!

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Beyond Groupthink: A Mixed Economy Model for Higher Education Funding

HEPI

This blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Peter Ainsworth, the author of Setting Universities Free: How to deliver a sustainable student funding system (2022) Picture the 1930s economic slump, absent Keynes’s challenge to prevailing thought.

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Landscapes of Learning for Unknown Futures: Reflections on the Assemblages Symposium

SRHE

by Sam Elkington and Jill Dickinson Wednesday September 13 th was the final instalment of the three-part SRHE ‘Landscapes of Learning for Unknown Futures: prospects for space in higher education’ symposia series, delivered in partnership with series co-convenors Professor Sam Elkington and Dr Jill Dickinson.

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When the presenting problem isn’t the problem: The ‘vital signs’ of organisational health

HEPI

This longer HEPI blog was kindly authored by John Raftery, Principal at John Raftery & Associates , and Susan Lea, Founder and Principal at Sagewood Consulting. Here we share a frame and some insights based on our experience. You can sign up here.

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SRHE News at 50: Looking back…

SRHE

Vice chancellors’ salaries soared into the stratosphere but more and more staff joined the precariat; industrial action became commonplace as job insecurity and low pay for many was aggravated by swingeing reductions in USS pension entitlements. In that time Brexit accounted for much political turmoil but ‘got done’, after a fashion.

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'Regular and substantive interaction' in online college

Inside Higher Ed

Later, in 2019, the Education Department’s Office of Federal Student Aid decided that Western Governors need not pay, citing “the ambiguity of the law and regulations and the lack of clear guidance available at the time of the audit period.”

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