Education Solidarity Network » reports http://educationsolidaritynetwork.org Global Solidarity to Defend Education Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:18:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Stand by for more for-profit universities in UK http://educationsolidaritynetwork.org/2010/11/stand-by-for-more-for-profit-universities-in-uk/ http://educationsolidaritynetwork.org/2010/11/stand-by-for-more-for-profit-universities-in-uk/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 10:59:46 +0000 ucu campaigns http://educationsolidaritynetwork.org/?p=345 In spite of persistent lobbying by the University and College Union, not least in our recent report on the scandals in the US for-profit sector, the Coalition government seems hell-bent on opening up the UK university sector for private sector profit. BPP, which is owned by Apollo, Kaplan and Laureate have been lobbying the [...]]]> In spite of persistent lobbying by the University and College Union, not least in our recent report on the scandals in the US for-profit sector, the Coalition government seems hell-bent on opening up the UK university sector for private sector profit. BPP, which is owned by Apollo, Kaplan and Laureate have been lobbying the government to create a ‘level playing field’ (read: public subsidies that direct taxpayers money into shareholder profit). The Browne report has given them a lot of what they want, but you can read their whole manifesto in a recent report from the Tories’ favourite think tank, Policy Exchange: http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/publications/publication.cgi?id=212

UCU has tried to warn the government that it risks creating the conditions for the same scandals rocking the US for-profit sector but without success. Ideology and profits, it seems, are powerful. Read our report here: http://www.ucu.org.uk/media/pdf/k/l/ucu_subprimeed_briefing_sep10.pdf

]]> http://educationsolidaritynetwork.org/2010/11/stand-by-for-more-for-profit-universities-in-uk/feed/ 0 Global privatisation of tertiary education – UNESCO report highlights threat to staff http://educationsolidaritynetwork.org/2009/07/global-privatisation-of-tertiary-education-%e2%80%93-unesco-report-highlights-threat-to-staff/ http://educationsolidaritynetwork.org/2009/07/global-privatisation-of-tertiary-education-%e2%80%93-unesco-report-highlights-threat-to-staff/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:50:56 +0000 admin http://educationsolidaritynetwork.org/?p=13 A report by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) has illuminated the extent of the private sector’s takeover of higher education across the world. The report claims that 30% of global HE is now provided by private providers. It also says that private sector HE ‘is run mostly on a business [...]]]> A report by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) has illuminated the extent of the private sector’s takeover of higher education across the world. The report claims that 30% of global HE is now provided by private providers. It also says that private sector HE ‘is run mostly on a business model, with power and authority concentrated in boards and chief executives. Faculty hold little authority or influence and students are seen as customers.’ They also make the key point that private providers drive down costs, partly because they rely on casualised academics.

UNESCO’s report – A new dynamic: private higher education (.pdf)

]]> http://educationsolidaritynetwork.org/2009/07/global-privatisation-of-tertiary-education-%e2%80%93-unesco-report-highlights-threat-to-staff/feed/ 0 Education International Report on Public-Private Partnerships http://educationsolidaritynetwork.org/2009/07/education-international-report-on-public-private-partnerships/ http://educationsolidaritynetwork.org/2009/07/education-international-report-on-public-private-partnerships/#comments Sat, 25 Jul 2009 12:14:18 +0000 ucu campaigns http://educationsolidaritynetwork.org/?p=87 Here’s a link to Education International’s useful recent report on the experience of dealing with Public-Private Partnerships in tertiary education, including EI’s own recommendations for unions facing PPPs:

[...]]]> Here’s a link to Education International’s useful recent report on the experience of dealing with Public-Private Partnerships in tertiary education, including EI’s own recommendations for unions facing PPPs:

http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/show.php?id=1039&theme=gats&country=global

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