We Hear you got a first but what else have you done?
Degree classification 'should not be only measure of achievement', says report. Jack Grove writes
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Queen Mary job losses provoke industrial action
Queen Mary, University of London, could see strike action within a month after members of the University and College Union voted to take industrial action over a redundancy scheme at two of the...
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Dyson: Cameron to OK postgrad funds
Entrepreneur says pay for science researchers could rise to £40K. Elizabeth Gibney writes
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LSE is fine, but it's not a room of their own
Supporters of a renowned women's library have criticised the decision to move it to the London School of Economics.
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Stressed academics are ready to blow in pressure-cooker culture
UCU survey suggests that staff are finding life in the academy too demanding. Jack Grove reports
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Give online portals some commercial polish
Universities are missing out on applications, as well as thousands of pounds in income, because their websites are outdated and unappealing to prospective students, a digital agency has warned.
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When push comes to shove
"I like to think that my team will soon have it down to a fine art."That was the confident forecast made by Brigadier T.W. Trouncing, our Head of Campus Security, at a recent university seminar...
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Fulfilling the need for people who lead (1 of 3)
Jack Grove's feature "Breeding leaders" ( September) told a fascinating and entirely credible story of successful career journeys emanating from certain "hub" universities. The emphasis on the...
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Fulfilling the need for people who lead (2 of 3)
I would like to correct the impression that the University of Warwick had no track record of producing vice-chancellors until quite recently.John Forty, who was foundation professor of physics at the...
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Fulfilling the need for people who lead (3 of 3)
Was it an ironic statement that the illustration for the article on university leaders featured no women?If so, the same irony made its way into the article - only one woman's name appeared in the...
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Fairness and loans
The feature "Red alert" ( September) considered the financial model underpinning the new tuition fees regime but questions must also be asked about "fairness" and the political sustainability of the...
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Keep that door open (1 of 2)
An Ipsos MORI poll published earlier this week showing that children from single-parent families are nearly three times as likely to say that their family could not afford for them to enter higher...
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Keep that door open (2 of 2)
The government's higher education policy is looking increasingly threadbare. In July the myth that trebling tuition fees would have little impact on applications to university was exploded when...
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Right Hear, right now
Universities UK and GuildHE have just published the final report of a steering group overseeing the development of the Higher Education Achievement Report (Hear), an electronic document that provides...
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Syrian scholars need help
The crisis in Syria has created an academic emergency, with the breakdown of higher education within the country and major obstacles facing Syrian scholars and students.In response, the Institute of...