A levels: remaking the grades
Will Michael Gove’s reform plans endanger the traditional values he seeks to promote? Jack Grove investigates
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Lack of guidance on foreign students’ use of proofreaders
Not all institutions have clear rules on international students employing translators and other help
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Getting it in the neck
Source: Alamy“You have to exploit your local assets.”That was how Nathan Prest, our Head of Student Recruitment, defended himself and his team from charges of “exploitation” after our university’s...
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Appointments - 15 August 2013
Cardiff UniversityRachel CowgillThe new head of the School of Music at Cardiff University said she was encouraged to learn that her appointment had the unanimous support of her colleagues. Rachel...
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Hold bad news about grades until after NSS
Institutions consider a ‘range of strategies’ to win favourable scores from students
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Acid test for culture change
Sector braces itself for second round of admissions since start of government’s big higher education ‘experiment’
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REF non-submission and teaching moments
I find the University of Leicester’s decision to review the contracts of staff not submitted for assessment in the forthcoming research excellence framework shocking (“Memo to staff: REF non-...
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‘Political experiment’ must not reduce education to a commodity
Students should not be turned into consumers, sector expert Jürgen Enders tells David Matthews
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How zero-hours won the world
When employers were freed go global, workers worldwide wobbled, says Ursula Huws
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Why exam results should be getting better all the time
Yearly improvements are an inevitable by-product of social progress, says Gary Thomas
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The Vagina: A Literary and Cultural History, by Emma L. E. Rees
Shahidha Bari welcomes a thoughtful look at ordinary anatomy and extraordinary anxiety
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Plain sailing: the scholars who lecture on ocean liners
Academic experts who can also entertain enjoy the high life on the high seas
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Cardiff dean Paul Morgan resigns after restructure
Dean of medical school who was cleared of misconduct quits after restructure
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Clearing students ‘more dissatisfied’, survey suggests
Students who apply to university after receiving their A-level results are almost twice as likely to be dissatisfied with their course, a survey says.
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Pearson links up with Ashridge
Pearson College, the institution owned by the education giant Pearson, is to offer business degrees validated by Ashridge Business School.