Andrew Gunn

August 24, 2018

No‑deal Brexit: experts on what the UK government’s advice means

Ioannis Glinavos, University of Westminster; Alan Shipman, The Open University; Andrew Gunn, University of Leeds; Feargal Cochrane, University of Kent; Helen Carasso, University of Oxford; Philip Crilly, Kingston University, and Stephen Roper, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick

From trade to medicines, the UK government’s ‘just in case’ planning is revealing.

March 5, 2018

Are too many graduates getting good degrees?

Andrew Gunn, University of Leeds and Priya Kapade, University of Leeds

The Government wants to crackdown on the high number of students being awarded first class or 2.1 degrees by universities.

February 20, 2018

What you need to know about the tuition fee review — and how it could affect students

Andrew Gunn, University of Leeds and Helen Carasso, University of Oxford

Theresa May is under pressure to tackle tuition fees after Labour’s pledge to scrap them was highlighted as a key issue for young voters.

January 4, 2018

What Toby Young outcry means for the new university regulator

Andrew Gunn, University of Leeds

The Office for Students hasn’t even started work yet, but is already under fire for its board appointment of Toby Young.

July 7, 2017

Most graduates will never pay off their student loans

Andrew Gunn, University of Leeds

Is it time to ditch tuition fees?

June 22, 2017

TEF: everything you need to know about the new university rankings

Andrew Gunn, University of Leeds

There are a fair few surprises – so what’s going on?

June 7, 2017

What each party manifesto means for student voters

Andrew Gunn, University of Leeds

Who comes up trumps in tertiary education?

April 4, 2017

Six things you need to know about the Higher Education Bill

Andrew Gunn, University of Leeds

The latest on those higher education reforms.

March 8, 2017

UK budget 2017: experts respond

Michael Kitson, Cambridge Judge Business School; Andrew Gunn, University of Leeds; Catherine Needham, University of Birmingham; Donald Hirsch, Loughborough University; Geraint Johnes, Lancaster University; Ian Greenwood, University of Leeds; Jonquil Lowe, The Open University; Kevin Farnsworth, University of York; Michael Devereux, University of Oxford, and Simon Wren-Lewis, University of Oxford

Philip Hammond delivers his last Spring Budget on the state of the UK economy. Our panel of experts dissect what it says.

January 12, 2017

Five things to consider when designing a policy to measure research impact

Andrew Gunn, University of Leeds and Michael Mintrom, Monash University

This move to measure the impact of university research on society introduces many new challenges that were not previously relevant when evaluation focused solely on academic merit.

January 10, 2017

Four problems with the Higher Education Bill

Andrew Gunn, University of Leeds

Academics have little confidence in the current higher education reforms.

August 1, 2016

Understanding the increase in university fees – and what it means for students

Andrew Gunn, University of Leeds

Here’s why some English universities are raising their tuition fees again.

June 9, 2016

Power to the students: how the nature of higher education is changing

Andrew Gunn, University of Leeds

What students want is becoming more important than what univerisites want to teach them.

November 6, 2015

How the Teaching Excellence Framework will work

Andrew Gunn, University of Leeds

The government has unveiled proposals for a new system to reward universities for excellent teaching.

October 7, 2015

Four things the new minister should do on higher education

Andrew Gunn, University of Leeds

Higher education policy development should involve learning from the Abbott government’s mistakes and other counties where university reform has been successfully achieved.

September 10, 2015

Why universities will have to pay more attention to the quality of their teaching

Andrew Gunn, University of Leeds

Universities are keenly awaiting more detail on the government’s planned Teaching Excellence Framework.