An Academic's Perspective on Higher Education (HE)

A look at Universities from the perspective of a (now retired) academic in the UK. The material presented here represents my views, opinions, and perspectives and were not those of my former employer.

Tuesday, 13 February 2018

Consumer Price Inflation Data and Education

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Today the Office of national statistics released a data set describing cost of living information along with a number of other key economic ...

Friday, 26 August 2016

Who Benefits Part II: Who Are the beneficiaries of a University Education?

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Please read the preceding post about profit and subsidy as it will make this discussion clearer. Disclaimer: I work in a UK university ...

Who Benefits Part I: Profit or Subsidy?

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This will initially appear off topic, but please be patient as it is background for something education related. If you are a corporati...

Wednesday, 25 May 2016

Unions, strikes and unintended consequences.

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When you join a Union, it is a little like joining an army with really bad discipline. You pay your dues to join and in return you gi...

Monday, 11 January 2016

Zen and the Art of League Table Maintenance: Leading the pack with no degrees.

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There is a zen koan about the sound of the one hand clapping. There is a modern version of this, “what is the league table position of no c...

Tuesday, 9 June 2015

Universities and Administrative Bloat II: The UK is Improving

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A further look at HESA data on Academic vs. Non-academic staffing in UK Universities reveals an encouraging trend. The UK overall is ...

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About Dr Hanley

Dr_Hanley: I am Quentin Hanley, a US trained ( retired)Academic who worked at a Post-92 UK University. I spent some time in "academic management" which has helped shape some of the perspectives you will find here. I am a chemist by training. If you have an interest in my scientific work it may be found here: http://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=kItlJ8oAAAAJ&hl=en.

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