IMO, fewer students, fewer courses, fewer institutions cos-playing at being a full research university, instead HE education with "flexible" learning, which is combination of work / study. … (View Post)

And of course, I highly doubt in the end it will have the intended effect of stopping horny teenage boys looking at nudie ladies as it is everywhere on the internet. (View Post)

One thing I think UK unis are on the whole quite poor, not all, but many, is fully sweating their assets and diversifying their income. US universities are brilliant at getting money from the private… (View Post)

I am also not sure people realise how demanding students have become. The dynamic has totally changed from you should be grateful that you are at university and some smart people are going to give up… (View Post)

Talking of capped below inflation, I don't think people realise how bad a deal a funded PhD is these days. It has nowhere near kept up with inflation over the past 10-15 years. When I did mine, … (View Post)