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Teaching & research

Policy briefings and research on teaching and research in UK colleges and universities.

Knowledge economy: fifteen big ideas for the next government

ÄûÃʵ¼º½'s manifesto for the 2015 general election

Teacher education under attack: a ÄûÃʵ¼º½ campaign briefing

Teacher education in higher education has a long and proud history. It has recently faced a fundamental attack that risks causing long-term damage to the quality of teacher education in England.

ÄûÃʵ¼º½ education policy summary

This document contains a summary of current ÄûÃʵ¼º½ policy as adopted by the union's Education Committee during 2013-14.

Chancellor's red budget box

Budget 2014

Looking at the implications for ÄûÃʵ¼º½ members of the coalition's March 2014 budget.

What are MOOCs?

ÄûÃʵ¼º½ briefing on MOOCs - massive open online courses, the free, open access and scalable online higher education courses.

ÄûÃʵ¼º½ policy position on MOOCs

This policy paper outlines the basis of a ÄûÃʵ¼º½ position on MOOCs.

Beyond the consumerist agenda: Teaching quality and the 'student experience' in higher education

A positive ÄûÃʵ¼º½ alternative to the consumerist agenda in higher education.

The future of vocational education

Bringing together all the strands of existing policy on vocational education.

Towards a ÄûÃʵ¼º½ policy on professionalism

The sectors in which ÄûÃʵ¼º½ members work are littered with the corpses of failed attempts at institutionalisation and regulation (or de-regulation) of professional requirements and recognition.

Higher education green paper

ÄûÃʵ¼º½ looks at the government's 2015 higher education green paper.

ÄûÃʵ¼º½ Scotland policy

ÄûÃʵ¼º½ Scotland actively helps to shape all aspects of Scottish higher education.