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“You asked, we listened” is a slogan promoted to students by London Metropolitan University’s vice-chancellor, John Raftery. We hope he is listening now because the students’ union, at its recent...
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Loose suspension
We would like to draw attention to the recent suspension of recruitment to person-centred counselling courses at the University of Strathclyde. The counselling unit is world-leading in its field and...
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We need to talk about employability, not employment
To measure this key graduate outcome, we must better understand what it is, what it is not and what it could be, argues Johnny Rich
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A grant says: ‘You’re worth it.’ A loan says: ‘You are a commodity’
The powerful message that maintenance grants send to students will be lost in the shift to loans, says Carina Buckley
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What’s in your skills portfolio?
Employability matters, but it is poorly defined. Only by spelling out what the term means can the concept be put to work
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Ageism claim over mandatory PhDs settled
Architecture lecturer Stephen Games feels ‘vindicated’ after agreement
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University revokes Donald Trump’s honorary degree after ‘Muslim ban’ proposal
Robert Gordon University says Trump has made ‘statements that are wholly incompatible with the ethos and values of the university’
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UK better than competitors for international student satisfaction, report finds
A higher proportion of overseas students in the UK would recommend studying in the country, compared with those in other nations, study finds
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Wolverhampton to shut down Mauritius campus
V-c tells staff that decision to close campus, which has just 140 students, ‘not taken lightly’
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Welsh government plans to slash Hefcw budget by 32 per cent
Half of money cut to be reallocated to tuition fee grants, which Plaid Cymru says will end up in English universities
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World insight: South Africa’s student uprising
Freeze on tuition fee increases does nothing to counter inequality, writes Martin Hall
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Venezuela election: Socialist Party defeat comes at turbulent time for higher education
Jennifer McCoy looks at how a ‘political earthquake’ in Venezuela might affect the country’s universities
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Report highlights shortage of graduates for technical industries
UUK research says the economy requires an even greater number of graduates