UK Research and Innovation ARMA UK The British Academy British Heart Foundation Cancer Research UK Economy NI Department of Health and Social Care GuildHE National Institute for Health and Care Research The Office for Students (OfS) Royal Academy of Engineering The Royal Society Royal Society of Chemistry Scottish Funding Council UCEA Universities UK The Leverhulme Trust UCL-UCU Stop the Destruction of Higher Education Fiona Waye Jo O'Leary 💙 Jonathan Piotrowski Karen Salt Rachel Persad SMRussell Adrija Dey Dr Anna Bull she/her alyson fox @UnionUEA Dr Esther Mukuka Jenny Sherrard Hayley Anne Moulding Dr Katie Wheat Laura Norton NinaHarrison Vanessa Cuthill Gezz Culture Shift Maxine Ficarra Mehwaesh Jackie Hunter Dr Ruth McKernan CBE 🍊 Prof Sara Rankin Geraint Rees Inês Barroso Teichlab Craig Elmer-White Frances Jones UKRI convenes the sector Forum for Tackling Bullying and Harassment in Research and Innovation. The forum works to tackle and prevent bullying and harassment by collectively and collaboratively convening organisations to galvanise #ResearchCulture change ukri.org/publications/e…
𝔹𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝔻𝕒𝕧𝕚𝕤 (He/Him/His) Jonathan Grant Molly Morgan Jones Rachel Persad Mark Leach Marc Stears Richard Brabner Michael Wood @chris_husbands1 @HelenTurnerMI Fiona Walsh McDonnell Debbie McVitty John Blake UCAS Amira Campbell - Guild President Jonathan Simons 𝔹𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝔻𝕒𝕧𝕚𝕤 (He/Him/His) Hi! the unroll you asked for: threadreaderapp.com/thread/1856632… Talk to you soon. 🤖
UK Research and Innovation ARMA UK The British Academy British Heart Foundation Cancer Research UK Economy NI Department of Health and Social Care GuildHE National Institute for Health and Care Research The Office for Students (OfS) Royal Academy of Engineering The Royal Society Royal Society of Chemistry Scottish Funding Council UCEA Universities UK The Leverhulme Trust UCL-UCU Stop the Destruction of Higher Education Fiona Waye Jo O'Leary 💙 Jonathan Piotrowski Karen Salt Rachel Persad SMRussell Adrija Dey Dr Anna Bull she/her alyson fox @UnionUEA Dr Esther Mukuka Jenny Sherrard Hayley Anne Moulding Dr Katie Wheat Laura Norton NinaHarrison Vanessa Cuthill Gezz Culture Shift Maxine Ficarra Mehwaesh Jackie Hunter Dr Ruth McKernan CBE 🍊 Prof Sara Rankin Geraint Rees Inês Barroso Teichlab Craig Elmer-White Frances Jones Source within UK Research and Innovation claims that “there isn’t a lot of confidence in UKRI’s ability to deal with [bullying] problems”...“Without strong leadership saying what’s acceptable and what isn’t, in pockets lower down in the organisation...get away with things that they shouldn’t”
UK Research and Innovation ARMA UK The British Academy British Heart Foundation Cancer Research UK Economy NI Department of Health and Social Care GuildHE National Institute for Health and Care Research The Office for Students (OfS) Royal Academy of Engineering The Royal Society Royal Society of Chemistry Scottish Funding Council UCEA Universities UK The Leverhulme Trust UCL-UCU Stop the Destruction of Higher Education Fiona Waye Jo O'Leary 💙 Jonathan Piotrowski Karen Salt Rachel Persad SMRussell Adrija Dey Dr Anna Bull she/her alyson fox @UnionUEA Dr Esther Mukuka Jenny Sherrard Hayley Anne Moulding Dr Katie Wheat Laura Norton NinaHarrison Vanessa Cuthill Gezz Culture Shift Maxine Ficarra Mehwaesh Jackie Hunter Dr Ruth McKernan CBE 🍊 Prof Sara Rankin Geraint Rees Inês Barroso Teichlab Craig Elmer-White Frances Jones Fran Heathcote Fran Heathcote, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union PCS Union (pcs.org.uk), which represents some UK Research and Innovation staff, told Research Professional News that the union was “concerned about issues being raised by members in UKRI” researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-res…
UK Research and Innovation ARMA UK The British Academy British Heart Foundation Cancer Research UK Economy NI Department of Health and Social Care GuildHE National Institute for Health and Care Research The Office for Students (OfS) Royal Academy of Engineering The Royal Society Royal Society of Chemistry Scottish Funding Council UCEA Universities UK Wellcome The Leverhulme Trust U.S. National Science Foundation UCL-UCU Stop the Destruction of Higher Education Fiona Waye Jo O'Leary 💙 Jonathan Piotrowski Karen Salt Rachel Persad SMRussell Adrija Dey Dr Anna Bull she/her alyson fox @UnionUEA Dr Esther Mukuka Jenny Sherrard Hayley Anne Moulding Dr Katie Wheat Laura Norton NinaHarrison Vanessa Cuthill Gezz Culture Shift Maxine Ficarra Mehwaesh Jackie Hunter Dr Ruth McKernan CBE 🍊 Prof Sara Rankin Geraint Rees Inês Barroso Teichlab Craig Elmer-White “If parts of UKRI UK Research and Innovation have a culture of bullying and harassment, as has been implied, will the senior staff responsible for those areas be held accountable?” Frances Jones researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-res…
Jonathan Grant Molly Morgan Jones Rachel Persad Mark Leach Marc Stears Richard Brabner Michael Wood @chris_husbands1 @HelenTurnerMI Fiona Walsh McDonnell Debbie McVitty John Blake UCAS Amira Campbell - Guild President Jonathan Simons Blake says we needed to be clearer as to what tuition fees are actually for. Says it is “unspoken” that it funds “more than just the tuition”. Argues post-Covid means we now urgently need to be clearer as to where the money goes #HEFest24
Jonathan Grant Molly Morgan Jones Rachel Persad Mark Leach Marc Stears Richard Brabner Michael Wood @chris_husbands1 @HelenTurnerMI Fiona Walsh McDonnell Debbie McVitty John Blake UCAS Amira Campbell - Guild President Jonathan Simons Saxton also raises OECD research which shows we live an extra healthy year for every additional year of education, and while the “graduate premium isn’t what it was” there are still benefits to going to university #HEFest24
Jonathan Grant Molly Morgan Jones Rachel Persad Mark Leach Marc Stears Richard Brabner Michael Wood @chris_husbands1 @HelenTurnerMI Fiona Walsh McDonnell Debbie McVitty John Blake UCAS Amira Campbell - Guild President Jonathan Simons Simons also notes that other departments should improve its engagement with universities as they will have key roles in many priorities, whether that’s net zero, safer streets or reducing violence against women & girls #HEFest14
Jonathan Grant Molly Morgan Jones Rachel Persad Mark Leach Marc Stears Richard Brabner Michael Wood @chris_husbands1 @HelenTurnerMI Fiona Walsh McDonnell Debbie McVitty John Blake UCAS Amira Campbell - Guild President Jonathan Simons Jonathan Simons notes that DfE refers to itself the “opportunity department”, however despite Higher Educations role in promoting opportunities, it receives less funding than all other areas of education when it comes to improving access #HEFest24
Jonathan Grant Molly Morgan Jones Rachel Persad Mark Leach Marc Stears Richard Brabner Michael Wood @chris_husbands1 @HelenTurnerMI Fiona Walsh McDonnell Debbie McVitty John Blake UCAS Amira Campbell - Guild President Jonathan Simons Campbell argues that higher education is a “valuable thing”, but the university experience is about more than just education - it also includes joining a Uni Society that opens you up to a new hobby, or the part-time work you do that gives you employability skills #HEFest24
Jonathan Grant Molly Morgan Jones Rachel Persad Mark Leach Marc Stears Richard Brabner Michael Wood @chris_husbands1 @HelenTurnerMI Fiona Walsh McDonnell Debbie McVitty John Blake UCAS Amira Campbell - Guild President Jonathan Simons Looking at how Labour may view university accessibility, Campbell highlights that it should form a wider part of their social mobility agenda #HEFest24
Jonathan Grant Molly Morgan Jones Rachel Persad Mark Leach Marc Stears Richard Brabner Michael Wood @chris_husbands1 @HelenTurnerMI Fiona Walsh McDonnell Debbie McVitty John Blake UCAS Amira Campbell - Guild President Jonathan Simons Amira Campbell says the biggest challenge facing improving the access is cost. She notes when we make interventions, we need to make sure the costs don’t negatively impact already disadvantaged communities #HEFest24
Jonathan Grant Molly Morgan Jones Rachel Persad Mark Leach Marc Stears Richard Brabner Michael Wood @chris_husbands1 @HelenTurnerMI Fiona Walsh McDonnell Debbie McVitty John Blake UCAS Amira Campbell - Guild President Jonathan Simons Blake also warns that the Universities sector is at risk of “talking down” the quality of the interventions that have been made to improve access, which not only ignores the progress made, but runs the risk of deterring those least likely to go to uni from applying #HEFest2
Jonathan Grant Molly Morgan Jones Rachel Persad Mark Leach Marc Stears Richard Brabner Michael Wood @chris_husbands1 @HelenTurnerMI Fiona Walsh McDonnell Debbie McVitty John Blake UCAS Amira Campbell - Guild President Jonathan Simons While there has been progress in improving access to higher education, Blake warns that the sector is reaching a “cliff edge” as to what can be achieved without greater collaboration between different higher & further education providers #HEFest24
Jonathan Grant Molly Morgan Jones Rachel Persad Mark Leach Marc Stears Richard Brabner Michael Wood @chris_husbands1 @HelenTurnerMI Fiona Walsh McDonnell Debbie McVitty John Blake UCAS Amira Campbell - Guild President Jonathan Simons Next, John Blake gives a potted overview of the work of the Office For Students in supporting access plans for higher education institutions. He notes that we are still discovering the impact of COVID-19 on cohorts trying to access higher education in the coming years #HEFest24
Jonathan Grant Molly Morgan Jones Rachel Persad Mark Leach Marc Stears Richard Brabner Michael Wood @chris_husbands1 @HelenTurnerMI Fiona Walsh McDonnell Debbie McVitty John Blake UCAS Amira Campbell - Guild President Jonathan Simons Saxton highlights the regional, social and economic barriers to access to higher education, noting that in her new role at UCAS she is committed to reducing those inequalities #HEFest24
Jonathan Grant Molly Morgan Jones Rachel Persad Mark Leach Marc Stears Richard Brabner Michael Wood @chris_husbands1 @HelenTurnerMI Fiona Walsh McDonnell Final panel of the festival Debbie McVitty talks to John Blake, UCAS’s Jo Saxton, Amira Campbell - Guild President & Jonathan Simons about what the “Opportunity For All” mission means for higher education #HEFest24
