120 Guardian, 1st October 2009 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/oct/01/universities–need–revamp–higher–education–report
121 THES, 7th April, 2009 http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=406105&c=1
122 Guardian, 8th August, 2004 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2004/aug/08/highereducation.education
123 House of Commons Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee Students and Universities (2009) Evidence Geoffrey Alderman http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmdius/170/170we24.htm
124 Guardian, 22nd May, 2007 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2007/may/22/highereducation.universityfunding
125 Guardian, 19th December 2002 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2002/dec/19/highereducation.uk1
126 THES, (2008) “Lecturers survey” http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/Journals/THE/THE/23_October_2008/attachments/35_OCT2308_Layout%201.pdf
127 THES, 19th November, 2004 http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=192485
128 House of Commons Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee Students and Universities (2009) Report Students and Universities http://www.parliament.the–stationery–office.co.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmdius/170/17008.htm
129 House of Commons Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee Students and Universities (2009) Evidence Sue Evans Manchester MET http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmdius/170/170i.pdf
130 Guardian, 26th February, 2010 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/26/universities–exam–marking–ruling
131 House of Commons Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee Students and Universities (2009) Report Students and Universities http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmdius/170/17005.htm
132 Ibid
133 House of Commons Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee Students and Universities (2009) Evidence Richard Royle http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmdius/170/170we13.htm
134 House of Commons Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee Students and Universities (2009) Evidence Walter Cairns http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmdius/170/170we136.htm
135 THES, 6th August, 2004 http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=190494§ioncode=26
136 Guardian, 13th August, 2004 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2004/aug/13/highereducation.administration
137 Guardian, 18th June, 2008 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/mortarboard/2008/jun/18/positivemarkingmakesmedesp
138 House of Commons Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee Students and Universities (2009) Report Students and Universities http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmdius/170/17005.htm
139 THES, 10th September 2009 http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=408081
140 Guardian, 10th September 2009 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/sep/10/higher–education–universityfunding
141 House of Commons Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee Students and Universities (2009) Evidence Susan Evans http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmdius/170/170ii.pdf
142 Telegraph, 28th April, 2011 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/8479173/St–Andrews–launches–investigation–into–Syrian–studies–centre.html
143 University of Nottingham website, 23rd March, 2001 http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/ICCSR/aboutus.php?c=25
144 HEFCE (2009) “Review of Moderns Languages provision in higher education in England” http://www.hefce.ac.uk/media/hefce1/pubs/hefce/2009/0941/09_41.pdf
145 Ibid
146 Guardian, 20th May, 2002 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/may/20/highereducation.education1
147 Guardian, 22nd May, 2002 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/may/22/highereducation.education 14
148 Telegraph, 22nd February 2005 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1484084/Over–10000–Oxbridge–rejects–went–on–to–gain–straight–As.html
149 House of Commons Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Select Committee (2009) Universities and Students Evidence Nigel Dyer http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmdius/170/170ii.pdf
150 Telegraph, 10th Feb 2012 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9072505/University–maths–too–difficult–for–British–students.html
151 Ibid
152 House of Commons Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee Students and Universities (2009) Evidence NUS http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmdius/170/170ii.pdf
153 Guardian, 31st October, 2008 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/oct/31/facebook–cheating–plagiarism–cambridge–varsity–wikipedia Varsity
154 THES, 16th March, 2006 http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=201951
155 Telegraph, 14th March, 2006 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1512950/Internet–plagiarism–is–rife–at–Oxford.html
156 Guardian, 10th September, 2006 http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2006/sep/10/news.students
157 Guardian, 15th June, 2015 http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/jun/15/cheating–rife–in–uk–education–system–dispatches–investigation–shows
158 Guardian, 29th July, 2006 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/jul/29/highereducation.education 16
159 Guardian, 17th February, 2005 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2005/feb/17/highereducation.students
160 THES, 16th February, 2017 https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/the–teaching–survey–2017–results–and–analysis#survey–answer
161 Ibid
162 Telegraph, 26th June, 2012 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/9357875/How–foreign–students–with–lower–grades–jump–the–university–queue.html
163 Ibid
164 Ibid
165 Telegraph, 15th August 2012 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/9475564/Foreign–students–favoured–in–two–tier–university–clearing.html
166 Telegraph, 27th November, 2011 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/8918975/LSE–to–be–criticised–over–1.5m–Libya–donation.html
167 THES, 18th February 2014 https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/oft–warns–universities–over–student–debt–rules/2011432.article
168 Guardian, 29th August 2013 http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/aug/09/should–universities–charge–for–graduation
169 Money Solve Website http://www.moneysolve.co.uk/employment/graduate–unemployment–2011
170 Telegraph, 7th November 2012 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/9658977/Recession–hit–graduates–doubt–the–value–of–their–degrees.html
171 Institute for Employment Studies “What do Graduates do Next” (1997) http://www.employment–studies.co.uk/system/files/resources/files/343.pdf
172 ONS website 19th November 2013 http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/nov/19http://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/articles/graduatesintheuklabourmarket/2013–11–19/half–recent–uk–graduates–stuck–jobs–ons
173 1994 Group (2008) “Graduate employment and earnings: Are universities meeting student expectations?” http://www.1994group.ac.uk/documents/public/081118_GEEresearchReport.pdf
174 ONS website 19th November 2013 http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/nov/19http://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/articles/graduatesintheuklabourmarket/2013–11–19/half–recent–uk–graduates–stuck–jobs–ons
175 Sutton Trust Website, 1st May, 2008 http://www.suttontrust.com/news/news/universities–earning–powers/
176 De Vries, R.
(2014).“Earning By Degrees: differences in the career outcomes of UK Graduates”, Sutton Trust.
177 THES, 10th July 2014 https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/graduate–employment–rates–rise/2014452.article
178 Council of Professors and Heads of Computing (2012) “CS Graduate Unemployment Report 2012” http://www.cphc.ac.uk/docs/reports/cs_graduate_unemployment_report.pdf
179 The Complete University Guide website http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/careers/graduate–salaries–and–the–professional–premium/graduate–starting–salary/
180 1994 Group (2008) “Graduate employment and earnings: Are universities meeting student expectations?” http://www.1994group.ac.uk/documents/public/081118_GEEresearchReport.pdf
181 HECSU (2010) What do graduates do? “http://www.hecsu.ac.uk/assets/assets/documents/lmi/WDGD_Nov_2010.pdf
182 Local Government Association Website, 1st October 2012 http://www.local.gov.uk/web/guest/media–releases/–/journal_content/56/10171/3717248/NEWS–TEMPLATE
183 ONS Website Graduates in the Labour Market 2013, http://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/articles/graduatesintheuklabourmarket/2013–11–19
184 Guardian, 10th January, 2009 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/jan/10/graduate–employment–crisis–rescue–package
185 Telegraph, 26 Jun 2012 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9356477/Willetts–employers–pick–graduates–from–just–six–universities.html
186 Demos (2010) “A report into the attitudes and aspirations of this year’s graduates” www.endsleigh.co.uk/Student/.../Demos_Report_2010_screen.pdf
187 Intergenerational Foundation website “The Graduate premium: manna, myth of plain mis–selling” http://www.if.org.uk/research–posts/the–graduate–premium–manna–myth–or–plain–mis–selling/
188 Telegraph, 4th July 2012 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9373058/Top–jobs–restricted–to–graduates–with–first–class–degrees.html
189 BBC website, 10th July 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education–23247176
190 THES, 8th July, 2010 http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=412382
191 Gov.Uk website, 9th June 2015 https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/graduate–labour–market–quarterly–statistics
192 HESA Website
193 The Complete University Guide Website http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/careers/graduate–salaries–and–the–professional–premium/graduate–starting–salary/
194 Intergenerational Foundation website “The Graduate premium: manna, myth of plain mis–selling” http://www.if.org.uk/research–posts/the–graduate–premium–manna–myth–or–plain–mis–selling/
195 Andrew Robinson and Simon Tormey (2004) “New Labour’s neoliberal Gleichschaltung: the case of higher education” http://www.commoner.org.uk/07robinson&tormey.pdf
196 BIS (2011) “The Returns to Higher Education Qualifications” http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/higher–education/docs/r/11–973–returns–to–higher–education–qualifications.pdf
197 Telegraph, 12th August, 2011 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/8695990/Students–face–leaving–university–with–60k–debts.html
198 HESA website
199 Telegraph, 29th May 2015, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/11639807/Number–of–foreign–students–at–top–universities–doubled–in–less–than–a–decade–research–finds.html
200 HEPI (2004) “Government, Funding Council and Universities: How Should They Relate?” http://www.hepi.ac.uk/files/7GovernmentFundingCouncilandUniversities1.pdf
201 Ibid
202 Oxblogster, 4th December, 2006 http://oxblogster.blogspot.co.uk/2006/12/practice–makes–perfect.html
203 UCU Website, 20th November, 2006 http://www.ucu.org.uk/index.cfm?articleid=2154
204 Tony Dickson (2008) “UK universities and the state: a Faustian bargain?” Institute of Economic Affairs http://www.iea.org.uk/sites/default/files/publications/files/upldbook31pdf.pdf
205 Guardian, 16th May, 2001 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2001/may/16/highereducation.administration
206 HESA website
207 Guardian, 15th February 2010 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/feb/15/universities–crumbling–secret–database–guardian
208 Guardian, 13th June, 2002 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/jun/13/highereducation.education
209 UCU website, 16th July, 2009 http://www.ucu.org.uk/index.cfm?articleid=4083
210 Guardian, 21st May, 2002 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/may/21/politics.highereducation 20
211 Manchester Evening News, 9th March 2007 http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/education/s/1001/1001469_400_university_jobs_could_go.html
212 This is Plymouth website, 18th September, 2008 http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/University–s–building–programme–blamed–job–losses/story–12683692–detail/story.html
213 THES, 29th October 2009 http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=408844
214 Salford Star, 18th March 2013 http://www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=1735
215 BBC Website, 30th March 2015 https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen/534570/150–jobs–could–go–at–aberdeen–university–in–bid–to–save–10–5m/
216 The Press and Journal Website, 19th May 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk–england–devon–32787198
217 Chronicle Live Website, 6th May 2016 http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north–east–news/northumbria–university–slash–up–112–11293969
218 BBC Website, 19th April, 2010 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/8623536.stm
219 Guardian, 15th April 2005 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2005/apr/15/highereducation.freedomofinformation
220 Times, 27 April 2018
221 THES, 10th October, 2014 https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/mental–health–problems–affect–work–of–two–thirds–of–he–staff/2016294.article
222 Guardian, 2nd November, 2006 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2006/nov/02/highereducation.uk UCU 26
224 Universities and Colleges Union (2008) “Stress Survey” http://www.ucu.org.uk/media/pdf/d/0/ucu_hestress_dec08.pdf
225 UCU Website, 1st March, 2013 https://www.ucu.org.uk/article/6531/Unpaid–overtime–by–teaching–professionals–shoots–up
226 National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (2002) “Core Funding Must Tackle University Basic Needs: Building and Teaching”
227 Universities and Colleges Union (2008) “Stress Survey” http://www.ucu.org.uk/media/pdf/d/0/ucu_hestress_dec08.pdf
228 Universities and Colleges Union (2008) “Stress Survey” http://www.ucu.org.uk/media/pdf/d/0/ucu_hestress_dec08.pdf
229 Universities and Colleges Union (2008) “Stress Survey” http://www.ucu.org.uk/media/pdf/d/0/ucu_hestress_dec08.pdf
230 THES, 26th January 2007 http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=207598
231 Guardian, 25th May 2008 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/may/25/highereducation.students
232 THES, 26h February 2017 https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/the–teaching–survey–2017–results–and–analysis#survey–answer
233 UCU Website 3rd November 2011 http://www.ucu.org.uk/index.cfm?articleid=5809
234 AcademicFOI.Com: “Workplace Bullying & Harassment” http://www.academicfoi.com/bullyingharassment/index.htm
235 Guardian, 9th June, 2004 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2004/jun/09/highereducation.research AUT
236 Universit
ies and Colleges Union (2008) “Stress Survey” http://www.ucu.org.uk/media/pdf/d/0/ucu_hestress_dec08.pdf
237 Universities and Colleges Union (2008) “Stress Survey” http://www.ucu.org.uk/media/pdf/d/0/ucu_hestress_dec08.pdf
238 Guardian, 6th November, 2007 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2007/nov/06/highereducation.uk UCU
239 UCU (2008) “Stress Survey” http://www.ucu.org.uk/media/pdf/d/0/ucu_hestress_dec08.pdf
240 THES 12 May 2011 www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=416117
241 HESA Website
242 Universities UK (2008) “Recruitment and Retention HE” http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/Publications/Documents/Recruitment_and_Retention_2008.pdf
243 Universities UK (2007) “Policy Brief 2007 Talent wars” http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2007/jul/19/highereducation.uk1
244 Universities UK (2007) “Patterns of Higher Education institutions in the UK: Seventh report” http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/Publications/Documents/patterns7.pdf
245 HESA website
246 HESA website
247 Universities UK (2011) “Facts and figures 2011” http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/Publications/Documents/HigherEducationInFactsAndFiguresSummer2011.pdf
248 THES, 13th March, 2008 http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=401025
249 BBC Website, 31st March, 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7974945.stm
250 Ministry of Justice Website http://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/publications/corporate–reports/MoJ/salaries–schedule–2011–12.pdf
251 Guardian, 4th July, 2007 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2007/jul/04/postgraduate.highereducation
252 Telegraph, 23rd October 2010 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/8080644/China–The–Ultimate–Brain–Drain.html
253 House of Commons Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee Students and Universities (2009) Evidence British Medical Association http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmdius/170/170ii.pdf
254 House of Commons Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee Students and Universities (2009) Evidence Engineering Councils UK (ECUK) http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmdius/170/170ii.pdf