OECD questions UK graduates’ literacy and numeracy
Piaac survey also calls comparability of degree standards into question
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The week in higher education - 10 October 2013
Freshers’ Week might have put a dent in its alcohol stocks, but Leeds University Union wasn’t counting on a delivery of 4,000 bottles of Jägermeister. The consignment, which is enough for 112,000...
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Music and the ‘Mickey Mouse’ degree debate
Discord over vocational and theoretical aspects of music study in the 19th century still resonates in today’s debates about higher education’s purpose
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ELQ relaxation is good but part-timers need more aid and support
David Latchman welcomes reforms for restoring funding for some upskilling students, but argues the government should go further
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Publishing student evaluations of lecturers will improve teaching
Teachers will be motivated to improve if internal assessments are made public, says John Colley
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Athena SWAN gender equity charter spreads across sector
The scheme to boost women in science is widening its impact
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Losing side in the waiting game
Japan is a seniority-based society and academia is an elite men’s club, dominated by graduates of the highest-ranking universities. For those who work part-time in universities, particularly women,...
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Libraries combine to preserve vanishing sources online
Perma CC consortium aims to host primary source material for ever
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Peter Fawcett, 1942-2013
A British academic honoured by the French government for his major contributions to the understanding of French literature has died
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Compromise after Conflict gives peace a chance
Academic project aims for truth and reconciliation after the bloodshed
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Essay mills: university course work to order
David Matthews investigates the scale and threat of the custom essay industry
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Euro rivals adopt English in fight for overseas students
Offerings of master’s courses in English tempt students away from UK, study suggests
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Inside Out Festival 2013 turns academics loose
Celebrating the nobility of failure
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Want to learn? Let me walk you through it
Douglas Anderson on the results of his active approach to pedagogy
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Russell Group backs Oxford v-c on fee cap
The Russell Group has backed the University of Oxford vice-chancellor after he urged the government to allow a rise in tuition fees.