Cambridge students continue AS-level fight
Students at the University of Cambridge have written to an education minister attacking the government’s response to a petition against the plan to scrap AS levels.
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London borough offers students extra funding
Teenagers in one of London’s most deprived boroughs are to receive grants from their local authority to help them attend university.
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Small firms nervous about the Hear, warns report
Some employers are nervous about incorporating the Higher Education Achievement Report into their graduate recruitment process, a report has found.
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Drop in students fuels further net migration fall
Net migration to the UK has fallen again mainly thanks to a 23 per cent drop in the number of students coming to the country to study.
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Alternatives to 9k cap ‘would not cost more’, says report
Lowering tuition fees to £6,000 – a policy put forward by Labour - could cost the Treasury the same as the current £9,000 set-up, a study has claimed.
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THE podcast: 23 May 2013 issue review
Download the podcastBrian Sewell’s cover feature on the edifying effect of studying art history, the implications of moving medical research and education budgets across Whitehall, and the value of...
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23 May 2013
Historical perspective - Brian Sewell on the edifying effect of studying art’s past masters.
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‘Graduate premium’ is shrinking fast
Essex scholar Malcolm Brynin points to worsening odds on university ‘gamble’
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Snap decisions
Getting image permissions for monographs is costly, slow and vexing
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Why hiring academics should not be left to other academics
Decisions based on gossip and favouritism make the scholarly job market unmeritocratic
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Futurelearn plans Moocs for mobiles
UK-based provider is readying itself for launch in the autumn
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‘Unijam’ strikes mass chord at University of South ߣߣÊÓƵ
New v-c aims to crowdsource strategy via online meet-up
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Take the rough with the smooth
Adrian Furnham has had his share of peer review nightmares, but the frailties of the system have also worked in his favour
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The Unpredictable Species: What Makes Humans Unique by Philip Lieberman
Kerstin Hoge probes an account of mental creativity that takes no prisoners