Tag Archives: higher education

Oxford Blues Whites and Blacks

Baroness Deech 12/04/2011 – 10:07 pm

Some years ago I was chair of the committee in overall charge of Oxford University's admissions policy and I spent a great deal of my time in outreach activity.  In fact, Oxford has spent many £millions over the years on attracting students from all sorts of backgrounds to apply to Oxford.  The result is, according to the latest figures, that there are about 17,000 potential students applying f […]

He who pays the piper calls the tune

Baroness Deech 04/03/2011 – 3:13 pm

Many must have been shocked at the resignation of Sir Howard Davies, Director of the LSE and at the damage done to that great institution by its association with Libya.  I am only surprised that it has taken so long for this issue to become public.  LSE has not been transparent about sources of donation, but according to the 2009 report A Degree of Influence from the Centre for Social Cohesion, […]

The University Business

Baroness Deech 26/10/2010 – 12:52 am

There is to be a debate on Wednesday in the Lords on the Browne Review of Higher Education.  I fear I will not be able to participate, and 26 Lords have already signed up to speak.  If I were to contribute, it would be along the following lines.  I do not agree with the totally commercial view of university education which now prevails: it is always discussed in terms of how much the graduate w […]

The Graduate Tax

Baroness Murphy 11/08/2010 – 10:04 pm

I see the coalition is beginning to favour the graduate tax solution to funding universities. I have grave doubts about it even though the principle of a graduate contribution or graduate tax is a welcome development on the surface. It has the support of students and student leaders and on the face of it is a more progressive tax than the fee model. The principle behind a graduate tax is that […]