Bookseller.com: University presses ‘struggling’ in recession
A number of the UK’s university presses are “struggling” to keep their heads above water in the face of the recession and pressure from rising student fees.
There is a move to create a Europe-wide association for university presses, with one of its main aims to support publishers, but it was revealed this week that Middlesex University Press will close by the end of the year.
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Posted in Budgets & Funding, Economics
Tagged Budgets & Funding, economic crisis, Economy, UK, University presses
The Chronicle: After the Crash, Scholars Say, Higher Education Must Refocus on Its Public Mission
The economic crisis weighed on the minds of the 200 scholars who gathered here last week for a national conference of the Network for Academic Renewal, a project of the Association of American Colleges and Universities. But even as the federal government announced that 660,000 more jobs had been lost in March, several of the speakers here saw—or perhaps grasped for—reasons for hope.
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Tagged Academics, Economy, Job market
The Sunday Telegraph: Broke Australian university students marrying for money
STRUGGLING Australian university students are getting married for money, exploiting a legal loophole to qualify for government assistance to survive.
Tertiary students have become so desperate for financial support that some as young as 19 are resorting to marrying flatmates, friends and ex-partners so they can be classed as an independent and receive Youth Allowance.
The Guardian: What if all the students dry up?
The economy, climate change and virtual learning could leave university buildings standing empty
Let us suppose that instead of the UK being a net importer of students, this situation were reversed. What would happen to our universities over the next 20 years if the flow of young people coming to study from overseas dried up and increasing numbers of home students chose to go abroad for their higher education?
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The Guardian: Wanted: £1bn to save economy
As the recession deepens, ministers are looking increasingly to universities for ideas on how to boost the economy. Universities have been asked to train those in work and the recently unemployed, help improve businesses’ performance, and give new graduates advice, training and work experience with the help of a £50m scheme launched by the funding council, Hefce, last month.
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Posted in Economics
Tagged Budgets & Funding, Economy, UK
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