UK universities cut arts, languages, humanities and social science degrees
The World Socialist Web Site has reported on the University of Sheffield’s intention to
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students. The decision that the department did not provide “value for money” came as the government is considering plans which would allow it to take more direct control of which courses receive funding.
A protest sign reading Save Archaeology on the Sheffield Minalloy House building of the University of Sheffield s Department of Archaeology (Credit: WSWS Media)
Course cuts are bound up with the marketisation of higher education which has escalated after the passage of the Higher Education and Research Act in 2017, under which the Office for Students (OfS) was mandated to “encourage competition between English higher education providers” and “promote value for money”. As higher education becomes a marketplace with brutal competition to recruit students and cut costs, universities are enacting corp
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Students back on UK campuses amid explosive growth of Indian covid variant
University students began returning to campus on May 17, during the Johnson government’s reopening the economy while removing restrictions on the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The first reopening of campuses last September led to the massive spread of Covid-19, forcing thousands of students to self-isolate after travelling away from friends and family. The government is repeating the same reckless policy, recommending that all students be “eligible to return to in-person teaching and learning.”
A sign reading COVID ROOMS at the Courtrooms halls of residence at Bristol university last term (credit: WSWS)
Student leaders have asked the competition watchdog to help get blanket refunds for those whose studies were disrupted during the pandemic.
Unions are seeking collective fee justice which would see up to a million students compensated for lost face-to-face learning.
An open letter, backed by student leaders at 19 universities across the UK, urges the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to address the broken complaints process for those claiming refunds, and help advise students on their ability to withhold fee payments if they have lost out due to the pandemic.
The letter, which has also been signed by National Union of Students (NUS) president Larissa Kennedy, says: Students need an external organisation with no vested interest other than upholding students rights to step in and give them the power to seek collective fee justice. The CMA must act now.
A group of students’ unions have written to the competition watchdog, urging it to “take action to uphold students’ rights” over tuition fees and rent payments amid the pandemic.
The open letter, backed by student leaders at 19 universities across the UK, calls on the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to help students asking for blanket fee refunds as a result of Covid-19 disruption.
It urges the regulator to address the “broken” complaints process for students claiming refunds, and help advise students on their ability to withhold fee payments “if they have lost out” due to the pandemic.
The letter, which has also been signed by National Union of Students (NUS) president Larissa Kennedy, says: “Students need an external organisation with no vested interest other than upholding students’ rights to step in and give them the power to seek collective fee justice. The CMA must act now.”
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