Universities with lower student demand will have places cut in 2014 and beyond to reward more popular institutions, the government has signalled.The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills...
Oft-criticised scholarship scheme’s riches will now follow the poor, BIS states. Jack Grove reports
Rise in staff submissions predicted despite tightened funding formula. Paul Jump reports
Student leavers who complete full-time first degrees at a further education college in England are paid £4,000 a year less on average than their university counterparts and are at least 50 per cent...
Effort to halt male bias on event panels sparks controversy. Elizabeth Gibney and Paul Jump write
Essay-writing firm denies inconsistency in its director penning satirical novel. Paul Jump reports
Universities will this year start to build “social science parks” as a route to improving public services, according to a prediction published by Nesta, the foundation for innovation.Contributing to...
The University of Cambridge has been named the UK’s most gay-friendly higher education institution.It was one of six universities to feature in the annual Top 100 Employers list compiled by the gay...
Lecturers’ live-to-camera marking of student work proves to be a low-budget hit, reports Chris Parr
Jon Marcus on military veterans trading drills and battlefields for disciplinary fields and fundraising
Post-study employment changes and a shrinking ‘expat premium’ prompt second thoughts about value of overseas study. Joanna Sugden reports from New Delhi
In the first of a series surveying research evidence about teaching and learning, Graham Gibbs considers the findings on large class sizes
The UCU is a democratic, future-facing endeavour proud to fight for both the one and the many, Sally Hunt affirms
New Office for Fair Access strategies will help universities learn what works best in their efforts to reach ambitious goals, says Les Ebdon
Whether spurred by lofty research ambition or the prosaic hope that one can live more cheaply than two, universities’ urge to merge can bring cultural as well as organisational challenges, as recent...