Higher education green paper

UCU believes that the effectiveness and success of a quality assessment regime, including the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), will depend heavily on the contributions of academic and academic-related staff. So far, their perspectives have been largely ignored in current debates and we are concerned about the 'absence of the academic' from recent higher education policy.

UCU briefing on the HE green paper, Nov 15 [191kb]

View UCU's response to the BIS consultation on the HE green paper:

Summary of HE green paper consultation response, Jan 16 [38kb]

HE green paper consultation: full UCU response, Jan 16 [339kb]