This week on the podcast we examine the government's brutal funding cuts to universities. What does the £108m reduction in the Strategic Priorities Grant mean for higher education, and why are media studies and journalism courses losing their high-cost subject funding?
When life is difficult, Samaritans are here – day or night, 365 days a year. You can call them for free on 116 123, email them at jo@samaritans.org, or visit http://www.samaritans.org to find your nearest branch.
Plus we discuss the independent review of student suicides, and explore new research on widening participation and regional disparities.
With Shân Wareing, Vice Chancellor at Middlesex University, Richard Brabner, Executive Chair at the UPP Foundation, Debbie McVitty, Editor at Wonkhe and presented by Jim Dickinson, Associate Editor at Wonkhe.
Why not take a risk-based approach to discrimination or harassment on campus?
For those in HE cold spots, higher education isn’t presenting as a good bet
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A brutal budget for strategic priorities from the Department for Education
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