Posts Tagged “universities”
“But don’t all US alumni give back to their university?”
by Stephen Tall on April 19, 2013
The publication this week of the latest UK university fundraising figures gives me a timely excuse to dust down this #QTWTAIN. There’s a common assumption that pretty much all alumni at US universities (and certainly the elite Ivy League) give (…)
University application rates from disadvantaged areas: my ‘grounds for cautious optimism’ graph
by Stephen Tall on January 31, 2013
Over at LibDemVoice today, Mark Pack has produced an interesting graph showing an important trend: the narrowing gap in university application rates between 18 year-olds from the most disadvantaged areas and the most advantaged areas. Here’s my less sophisticated graphical (…)
University application rates in England at highest ever for disadvantaged groups, even post-£9k tuition fees
by Stephen Tall on January 30, 2013
UCAS has just released the latest university application figures as at January 2013. The good news is that they show an overall increase of 3.5% across the UK compared to 2012. The government will breathe a particular sigh of relief (…)
Mike Moritz’s gift to Oxford: a couple of thoughts from me
by Stephen Tall on July 12, 2012
Oxford University was yesterday able to unveil what is probably the largest ever pledged donation towards student financial assistance in the history of any European university. The bountiful benefactor? Mike Moritz, Welsh son of an academic emigre father who fled (…)
The Coalition and Tuition Fees: history may well be kinder (though that may be too late for the Lib Dems)
by Stephen Tall on April 20, 2012
One of the first posts I ever blogged, over 7 years ago, explained my support for tuition fees, and why it would be in the interests of the Lib Dems to to drop their opposition to them. Ironically, given how (…)
Join me Friday, 12 noon, on the Guardian’s #HElivechat – The future of philanthropy in higher education
by Stephen Tall on February 17, 2012
I’m one of the panel members on the Guardian’s live chat about the role that philanthropy can play in the future of university funding (Friday 17 February, 12pm – 2pm GMT): With an 80% cut in public spending set to (…)
Sometimes, the best thing government can do is back off. (Or ‘Putting an end to the dependency culture in our universities’)
by Stephen Tall on February 15, 2012
By nature I’m an optimist. But sometimes, usually when reading The Guardian, I become depressed by the sight of intelligent people indulging in some form of middle-class dependency culture. Here’s an example I came across today. It’s an article by (…)
Tuition fees: three quick reflections on this week’s debate
by Stephen Tall on February 2, 2012
I’ve blogged a few times this week about the post-£9k tuition fees university application figures — here are a further three quick thoughts: Mature students Largely missing from the media’s coverage of the headline-grabbing drop in overall applications, is the (…)
Dr Pack & Mr Tall Debate… Tuition fees: what should Lib Dem party policy now be?
by Stephen Tall on February 2, 2012
Over at LibDemVoice, Mark Pack and I debate how Lib Dem party higher education policy can move forward now £9k tuition fees are a reality. You can find the original piece, with comments thread, here. Below is the blatantly copy (…)
Liam Burns, tuition fees and the death of irony
by Stephen Tall on January 27, 2012
With tuition fees of up to £9k due to kick-in for this year’s university entrants, the thorny issue of application numbers is bound to generate controversy: has the price hike deterred potential students, or had no effect? The release of (…)
