Graduate premium in starting salaries ‘up by a quarter’
The graduate premium in starting salaries increased by a quarter between 2005 and 2010, according to new research.
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Graduates in STEM ‘need to rise by half’
The UK needs to boost its output of science, technology, engineering and maths graduates by almost 50 per cent to satisfy market demand, a thinktank has calculated.
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International relations ignores South, says scholar
The academic field of international relations ignores the Global South and is limited by its reliance on the English language, a South African humanities scholar has argued.
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UWE decides not to close politics department
The University of the West of England has opted not to close its politics and international relations department after a campaign by students and staff to save it.
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Plea to selective universities over GCSE English
Some of the highest-achieving A-level students could be unfairly denied a place at the most selective universities if such institutions insist on candidates holding a grade A for GCSE English...
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Universities' income falls as Hefce warns of further hit
The English higher education sector last year saw its first real-terms cut in income since records began almost 20 years ago, while institutional finances will take a further hit this year because of...
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THE podcast: 14 March 2013 issue review
Podcast Powered By PodbeanOpen access policy, university sport and the impact of the government’s reforms on part-time students all feature on this ߣߣƵ issue review. Chris Parr is...
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Leveson to be Liverpool John Moores chancellor
Liverpool John Moores University has chosen a high-profile judge as its new chancellor – although the appointment may not win many plaudits in the national press.
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THE podcast: Steve Cram and Bill Tancred interview
Podcast Powered By PodbeanOlympians Steve Cram and Bill Tancred, chancellor of the University of Sunderland and director of sport at University Campus Suffolk respectively, meet Chris Parr to talk...
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UUK launches review of part-time study
Universities UK has been asked by David Willetts to undertake a review of part-time study and make urgent recommendations in response to a report which shows a “dramatic decline” in part-time...
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Traditional values
In our market-driven world, in which the ideals of common good are disappearing, Fred Inglis reminds us that it is the public universities that are in a pivotal position to protect our society
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Presidents take on the gun lobby
Post-Sandy Hook, hundreds of American college presidents are taking on the gun lobby. Amid the US’ increasingly febrile and evidence-free policy debates, does the campaign signal a return to the ‘...
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Extremes: Life, Death and the Limits of the Human Body by Kevin Fong
David Green on the risks and rewards of medical progress
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Odds and quads - 14 March 2013
This slice of college pudding, dating back to 1897, is now in the archives of Oxford Brookes University. It was originally served at the notoriously frugal Westminster College in London, a Methodist...
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THE Scholarly Web - 14 March 2013
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere