Immigration Issues for the Education Sector
The UK immigration system is failing UK academia. Visa processing is protracted, expensive and unpredictable, undermining the efforts of educational institutions to attract and retain global academic talent. The challenges are affecting both short-term academic visitors and longer-term recruitment programmes. The sector is missing out on staff and speakers and is in danger of losing […]
Global Mobility Issues for the Education Sector
The quest for excellence is encouraging a growing number of higher education institutions (HEIs) to reach out to international audiences, partners and collaborators. Increasingly, national governments are also recognising the advantages international engagement brings to their education systems, economy and society. The landscape that UK HEIs operate in is changing. The market for higher education […]
HR Issues for the Education Sector
The UK education sector has changed dramatically in recent years. The demands and challenges on schools, colleges and universities have increased, placing more pressure onto HR personnel. Students as customers Education institutions currently face having to represent a hybrid model – perceived as having both an important public duty to carry out but also […]
Employment Law Issues for the Education Sector
A number of significant recent employment cases and imminent legislative changes are affecting employers in the education sector. Age discrimination & justifying pay policy In Ewart v The Chancellor, Master and Scholars of the University of Oxford, the employment tribunal held that the dismissal of a University professor under an Employer Justified Retirement Age […]
Immigration Higher Education – Good for the UK
Immigration Higher Education In his interview on Radio 4 yesterday, Lord Heseltine said non-EU students should be left out of official immigration figures to avoid the risk of damaging UK universities. Below is the article by Alan Soady detailed on BBC. His call was backed by Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg, who said the net […]