QAA pursues no-risk legal strategy with support from taxpayer guaranteed
The Quality Assurance Agency will be bailed out by the taxpayer if it is sued by a private college that fails an inspection, it has emerged.
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Don't you kids know who I am?
‘Probably the most significant medieval historian’ rounds on absentee students. Paul Jump writes
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Troubling FX as Falmouth forces staff to go private
Unions protest over transfer of academic support services to external firm. Jack Grove reports
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Insurance against UK Border raids 'essential'
The UK higher education sector has concluded that an insurance scheme to guarantee international students a fees refund or alternative places should their course or university close down is “...
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Let's cut the chat - you don't have much time left
University efforts to make it easier to remove fixed-term staff anger unions. Jack Grove writes
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Hefce's fair access plans for ABB extension
Selective universities could be granted extra student numbers to allow them to admit disadvantaged applicants with potential but without the highest grades.
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Sociologist's redundancy may trigger strike
A sociology lecturer at the University of Birmingham is at the centre of a redundancy row that could lead to industrial action among the institution’s 1,000 University and College Union members.
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On or off the books? Let the MPs decide
NAO and PAC study of student loans should look at public oversight, experts argue. John Morgan writes
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If you want to make it with Moocs, you must stand out from the crowd
Edinburgh’s chief information officer offers advice for Futurelearn platform. Chris Parr reports
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Montagu directors hold Law's academic reins
The private equity firm that owns the UK’s first for-profit university will have a say in controlling the institution’s academic authority.
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Inequitable and ineffectual?
Three-tier teaching bursaries for certain subjects may not work, says educator. John Elmes reports
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From Where I Sit - Culture swap
During the holidays, our students can get extra credits by studying at our sister college in the US. I interview them before they go. They sidle, giggling, into my office and with little eye contact...
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Research intelligence - Engine of discovery seeks new driver
Elizabeth Gibney on the Wellcome Trust’s top job, one of the most powerful roles in UK research
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Selection mechanism
We must leave no stone unturned in making the Oxbridge admissions process as fair and comprehensive as possible, says Miles Hewstone
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Becoming Right: How Campuses Shape Young Conservatives
Alan Ryan on political reaction at two extremes of the American higher education system