Drop entry tariffs for summer-born students, says study
Universities should lower their entry tariff requirements for students born in August to reflect the lower achievement levels of children born in the summer, a new study suggests.
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Physics veterans bring harmony to different universe
Reformed graduate rock band provokes reflections on how much has changed since the heyday of ‘Spontaneous Emissions’
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THE podcast: 9 May 2013 issue review
Podcast Powered By PodbeanDownload the podcastUS sororities, a new regional alliance of UK universities, and the university visiting habits of Vince Cable and David Willetts are up for discussion on...
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Aung San Suu Kyi calls for help from UK universities
Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi has called on British universities to help remedy the suppression of Burmese universities by the nation’s former military regime
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9 May 2013
Pillow talk - A husband and wife debate the research excellence framework.
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The week in higher education - 9 May 2013
“Boring” university lectures are likely to be the first victims of the rise of online learning, according to Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales. Speaking to BBC Online on 1 May, Mr Wales suggested that...
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UEL left rudderless after v-c and two senior managers resign
East London institution is mired in difficulty as leadership disintegrates
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London votes to close down ULU
Questions are raised about whether colleges have outgrown the university’s federal structure
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UCL biologist cleared of research misconduct
But investigation finds that practice ‘did not always meet’ expected standards
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FE colleges ‘may lose students to Moocs’
Will Yale’s lure empty out the sixth forms?
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Royal Holloway council lacks academic input: UCU
Unity decries decisions made ‘ad hoc’ without consulting scholars
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Lancaster considers federal union to bolster world profile and research power
V-c believes ‘radical solution’ is the way to rise up the rankings. John Morgan reports
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News in brief - 9 May 2013
SingaporeBy George protesters standAcademics and students at Nanyang Technological University have taken to the internet to protest over a prominent scholar and critic of state power in Singapore who...
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Campus round-up - 9 May 2013
Do as the vervets doResearchers have observed a rare example of “cultural transmission” among wild monkeys. Working with two groups of vervets in South Africa, scientists from the University of St...
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News in brief - 9 May 2013
MoocsAnother four on FuturelearnFour more universities have announced plans to offer massive open online courses via the UK-based Futurelearn platform, taking the total number of higher education...