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255 Independent, 29th January 1996 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/huge–gulf–found–in–university–chiefs–pay–1326395.html
256 THES, 19th May 2016 https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/times–higher–education–pay–survey–2016
257 THES, January 2012 www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=418661
258 HESA Website
259 THES, 10th May, 2012 http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=419851&c=2
260 THES, 7th August 2014 https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/v–cs–pay–rises–even–if–student–demand–falls/2015025.article
261 Guardian, 7th August 2014 http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/mar/15/rises–for–university–chiefs–cannot–be–justified
262 Guardian, 8th February 2002 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2002/feb/08/administration.highereducation
263 House of Commons Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee Students and Universities (2009) Report http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmdius/170/17005.htm
264 THES, 10 May 2012 www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=419890
265 Guardian, 15th March, 2015 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/mar/19/brian–roper–resignation–london–met 24
266 BBC Website 29th October 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk–england–kent–20125965
267 THES 22nd November 2012 http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=421915
268 Wales Online 17th July 2012 http://www.walesonline.co.uk/business–in–wales/business–news/2012/07/17/former–vice–chancellor–of–the–university–of–wales–marc–clement–takes–up–new–role–with–swansea–university–91466–31411275/#sitelife–commentsWidget–bottom#ixzz2CQdhbvLV
269 THES 3rd March 2011 http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=415393
270 Holyrood 26th July 2011 http://www.holyrood.com/2011/07/abertay–principal–retires–following–dispute/
271 THES, 5th March 2009 http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=405665§ioncode=26
272 Guardian 19th March 2009 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/mar/19/brian–roper–resignation–london–met
273 BBC Website 14th January 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/7827966.stm
274 Guardian 10th January 2006 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2006/jan/10/highereducation.uk4
275 THES 2nd August 2002 http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=170814§ioncode=26
276 THES 20th November 1998 http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=109930§ioncode=26
277 THES 27th March 1998 http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=106477§ioncode=26
278 THES 19th July 1996 http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=99918§ioncode=26
279 Independent 2nd November 2000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education–news/blowing–the–whistle–on–a–vicechancellors–fiddle–621901.html
280 THES 13th January 1995 http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=98418§ioncode=26
281 BBC Website, 17th August, 2004 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/3573910.stm
282 Telegraph 12th September 2013 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10306211/University–leavers–lack–the– essential–skills–for–work–employers–warn.html
283 Total Jobs (2011) “Graduate survey” http://recruiterspace.totaljobs.com/downloads/general/Graduate%20audience%20profile.pdf
284 Guardian, 14th August, 2006 http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2006/aug/14/science.schools
285 Association of Graduate Recruiters, 4th February, 2008 http://www.agr.org.uk/Content/Recruiters–predict–highest–increase–in–graduate–vacancies–in–ten–years
286 Guardian, 3rd June 2008, http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jun/03/maths.education
287 Confederation of British Industry (2015) Education and Skills Survey http://www.cbi.org.uk/index.cfm/_api/render/file/?method=inline&fileID=92095A98–3A90–4FBD–9AF891997B103F5
288 THES, 18th March 2013 https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/graduates–in–stem–need–to–rise–by–half/2002594.article
289 Guardian, 17th September 2008 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/sep/17/graduates.business
290 Telegraph, 2nd April September 2013 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/9967240/Tell–youngsters–the–truth–the–UK–needs–you–to–work–not–go–to–university.html
291 Institute of Education Website 15th October 2010 http://www.ioe.ac.uk/45855.html
292 Guardian, 19th April 2016 http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/19/degree–graduates–low–pay–high–debt–students
293 Oxford Review of Economic Policy Vol 20, No2 “The economic and distributional implications of current policies on Higher Education” Ewart Keep & Ken Mayhew http://www.colinwatsonleeds.co.uk/MTEArticles/EwartkeepDistrib.pdf
294 Guardian, 14th August 2002 http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2002/aug/14/highereducation.publicservices
295 BBC Web site 22nd July 2002 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/2143441.stm
296 Guardian, 14th March, 2011 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/mar/14/forensics–science–students–job–market
297 Guardian, 26th October, 2006 http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2006/oct/26/graduates.highereducation
298 Ibid
299 Centre for Workforce Intelligence, 1st September 2011 http://www.cfwi.org.uk/points–of–view/forums/moving–towards–integrated–care–with–a–specific–focus–on–older–people/166773810
300 HESA website
301 HESA Website
302 University of West London Website Graduate Diploma and Psychology http://courses.uwl.ac.uk/CourseDetails.aspx?CourseInstanceID=30198
303 The Lawyer Website, 4th July 2011 http://www.thelawyer.com/1008470.article
304 Thomson Reuters, 2nd February 2002 http://newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com/Legal/News/2012/02_–_February/Twelve_law_schools_sued_by_graduates_over_misleading_employment_data/
305 House of Commons Select Committee on Science and Technology Seventh Report http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200405/cmselect/cmsctech/96/9608.htm
306 Guardian, 24th June, 2008 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/jun/24/highereducation.uk2
307 Guardian, 22nd October, 2007 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2007/oct/22/students.uk
308 THES, 27th Oct 2011 www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=417898
309 Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, (2010), Labour Market Outlook: Quarterly Survey Report, Summer 2010
310 Confederation of British Industry (2010) “Ready to Grow: business priorities for education and skills. Education and skills survey”
311 HOC Select Committee (2009) Universities and Students Evidence Institute of Physics http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmdius/170/170ii.pdf
312 Guardian 5th July, 2001 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2001/jul/05/highereducation.uk
313 Wellcome Trust (2001) “Review of Wellcome Trust PhD Research Training” http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/stellent/groups/corporatesite/@policy_communications/documents/web_document/wtd003206.pdf
314 “David Craig (2008) “Squandered” Constable, London
315 Daily Mail 3rd January 2008 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article–505798/How–doctors–lie–death–certificates–hide–true–scale–toll–hospital–infections.html
Evening Telegraph, 18th February 2010 http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/output/2010/02/18/story14569447t0.shtm
Daily Mail, 13th October 2007 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article–487375/Cover–ups–lies–cynical–conspirac
y–let–superbug–claim–90–lives.html
316 Guardian, 6th July 2000
317 Daily Mail, 28th August, 2009 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article–1209573/The–harsh–truth–We–nurses–just–forgotten–care.html#ixzz1gpzCr5Gs
318 Daily Mail, 9th November, 2010 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article–1327766/Mid–Staffordshire–NHS–hospital–scandal–left–1–200–dead–happen–again.html#ixzz1wLpXgMVk
319 Telegraph, 9th November 2011 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8877991/Age–discrimination–within–NHS–leaves–elderly–neglected.html
320 Telegraph, 28th August 2011 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/8728849/Nursing–is–no–longer–the–caring–profession.html
321 Adam Smith Institute (2009) “The Broken University” www.adamsmith.org/images/stories/the–broken–university.pdf
322 Ibid
323 Ibid
324 Guardian, 25th November 2009 http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2009/nov/25/gdp–uk–1948–growth–economy#data
325 House of Commons Research Paper (1999) “A Century of Change:Trends in UK statistics since 1900” http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/rp99/rp99–111.pdf
326 ONS statistics
327 ONS statistics
328 Alison Wolf (2002) “Does Education Matter” Penguin, London
329 Telegraph, 29th March 2012 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9173784/University–drop–out–rate–soars–by–13pc–in–a–year.html
330 Daily Mail, 20th March 2012 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article–2122591/More–fifth–university–students–fail–finish–degree.html#ixzz24wO3Y7J2
331 HESA website http://www.hesa.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2064&Itemid=141
332 House of Commons Select Committee on Education (2001) http://www.parliament.the–stationery–office.co.uk/pa/cm200001/cmselect/cmeduemp/124/12404.htm
333 THES website, 16th February 2017 https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/the–teaching–survey–2017–results–and–analysis#survey–answer
334 Telegraph, 5th March 2012 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9124555/Bright–students–cannot–write–essays–say–Cambridge–dons.html
335 Telegraph, 5th March 2012 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9124555/Bright–students–cannot–write–essays–say–Cambridge–dons.html
336 Ibid
337 House of Commons Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee Students and Universities (2009) Report http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmdius/170/17005.htm
338 Ibid
339 Telegraph, 10th December 2010 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/8194038/Spoon–fed–students–lack–resilience–needed–at–Oxbridge.html
340 House of Commons Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee Students and Universities (2009) Report http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmdius/170/17005.htm
341 Guardian, 17th June 2009 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/jun/17/a–levels–on–satnav
342 London Evening Standard, 3rd April 2012 http://www.standard.co.uk/panewsfeeds/remedial–classes–for–undergraduates–7609131.html
343 Telegraph, 1st August 2012 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9444360/Spoon–fed–students–struggling–with–university–maths.html
344 Telegraph, 3rd April 2012 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9180982/Spoon–fed–students–given–tuition–in–basic–skills–at–university.html
345 Guardian, 25th April 2007 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/apr/25/highereducation.education
346 Guardian, 9th February 2006 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2006/feb/09/highereducation.uk1
347 House of Commons Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee Students and Universities (2009) Evidence Institution of Engineering and Technology http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmdius/170/170we51.htm
348 Guardian, 10th December, 2006 http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2006/dec/10/letters.highereducation
349 House of Commons Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee Students and Universities (2009) Report
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmdius/170/17005.htm
350 Conservative Home Website, July 10th 2009 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/centreright/2009/07/elizabeth–truss–the–misuse–of–maths.html
351 BBC Website 11th February 2002 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/1815073.stm
352 Barry Stubbs Website A level and GCSE grades http://www.bstubbs.co.uk/natfig.htm
353 Barry Stubbs Website A level and GCSE grades http://www.bstubbs.co.uk/natfig.htm
354 Barry Stubbs Website A level and GCSE grades http://www.bstubbs.co.uk/natfig.htm
355 Guardian, 20th January 2010 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/jan/20/languages–become–twilight–subjects CILIT
356 RSA Website https://www.thersa.org/about–us/media/2015/students–in–deprived–neighbourhoods–being–denied–access–to–tough–subjects
357 House of Commons Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee Students and Universities (2009) Evidence Roger Brown http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmdius/170/170we101.htm
358 Guardian, 22nd May 2002 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/may/22/highereducation.education
359 Telegraph, 22nd February 2005 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1484084/Over–10000–Oxbridge–rejects–went–on–to–gain–straight–As.html
360 Guardian, 2nd May 2003 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2003/may/02/students.uk
361 Guardian, 12th June 2008 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/jun/12/highereducation.uk ,
362 Ibid
363 House of Commons Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee Students and Universities (2009) Evidence Engineering Councils UK http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmdius/170/170we77.htm
364 Guardian, 27th August 2004 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2004/aug/27/alevels2004.alevels1
365 House of Commons Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee Students and Universities (2009) Evidence Institute of Physics http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmdius/170/170we31.htm
366 Reform (2009) “The Misuse of Maths” http://www.reform.co.uk/client_files/www.reform.co.uk/files/the_misuse_of_maths.pdf
367 Channel Four Website, 9th July 2009 http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/science_technology/introducing+the+apossatnavapos+maths+exam/3257252.html
368 Telegraph, 8th December 2011 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/secondaryeducation/8943954/Exam–chief–you–dont–have–to–teach–a–lot–for–our–tests.html
369 Telegraph 31st January 2012 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9052181/Exam–boards–accused–of–marketing–easy–GCSEs–to–schools.html
370 Oxford University Website www.ox.ac.uk/about_the_university/facts_and.../index.html
371 Barry Stubbs Website A level and GCSE grades http://www.bstubbs.co.uk/natfig.htm
372 Bruce Choppin (1981). “Is Education Getting Better?” British Educational Research Journal 7 (1): 11.
373 House of Commons Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee Students and Universities (2009) Report http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmdius/170/17005.htm
374 House of Commons Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee Students and Universities (2009) Report http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmdius/170/17005.htm
375 Guardian, 20th August 2002 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2002/aug/20/highereducation.alevels2002
376 Guardian, 11th May 2005 http
://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2005/may/11/accesstouniversity.politics
377 Telegraph, 14th August 2008 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1484084/Over–10000–Oxbridge–rejects–went–on–to–gain–straight–As.html
378 BBC Website, 28th August 2010 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education–11112169
379 THES 11th Aug 2011 www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=417088
380 Telegraph 13th November 2010 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/8130726/Number–of–universities–requiring–A–triples.html
381 Civitas (2005) Education: Better results and declining standards? Online Briefing David Green, Anastasia de Waal and Ben Cackett http://www.civitas.org.uk/pdf/educationBriefingDec05.pdf
382 Fact Check 19th August 2010 http://fullfact.org/factchecks/grade_inflation_rising_results_falling_standards–1538
383 Ibid
384 BBC Website, 24th January 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education–21162960
385 Guardian, 30th January 2001 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2001/jan/30/education.oxbridgeandelitism
386 BBC Website, 15th March 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7297143.stm
387 Guardian, 10th January 2012 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/jan/10/how–cambridge–admissions–really–work
388 TES, 20th August 1999 http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching–resource/Cambridge–moves–to–scrap–entrance–exam–308734/
389 Oxford University website http://www.ox.ac.uk/about_the_university/facts_and_figures/undergraduate_admissions_statistics/school_type.html
390 Cambridge University website http://www.study.cam.ac.uk/undergraduate/publications/docs/admissionsstatistics2011.pdf
391 Sutton Trust (2008) “Individual University Admissions by School” http://www.suttontrust.com/research/university–admissions–by–individual–schools/
392 Telegraph, 12th July 2008 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2403623/Cambridge–is–too–posh–say–state–schools.html
393 THES, 12th August 2009 http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=407750§ioncode=26
394 Telegraph, 27th Apr 2012 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9228674/State–school–teachers–biased–against–Oxbridge–study–finds.html
