For-profit college evicted from London Met 'clearing house'
A private for-profit college has been prevented from taking on international students from London Metropolitan University because of concerns over quality.
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27 September 2012
Hole in the figures - Why student loan regime may not add up
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Savages
A violent, drug-addled reworking of Star Wars is an authentic work by a controversial auteur but lacks the bite of his earlier films, argues Duncan Wu
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Red alert
Is the new student loans system an affordable, progressive system of graduate contributions - or a dodgy move to get debt off the books that could bring grave fiscal consequences? John Morgan sifts...
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Synonym and antonym
Freedom and Liberty are not the same, finds Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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Breeding leaders
A handful of universities have produced more than their share of vice-chancellors. Jack Grove looks at how these centres have nurtured talented leaders
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More scrutiny at the margin is a must
"Coalition failed to heed Ucas' AAB warnings" (News, 20 September) does not address the most serious issue arising from the government policies introduced for 2012-13 entry. It was always recognised...
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Men against boys
Sociologist Robert K. Merton's "Matthew effect" (ie, "the rich get richer and the poor get poorer") leads us to expect top academics to set up a system of evaluation that cements their position. So...
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Gabriel Vahanian, 1927-2012
A theologian who stirred up a storm of controversy with his theories about "the death of God" has died.Gabriel Vahanian was born into an Armenian family in Marseilles, France, on 24 January 19. He...
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THE Scholarly Web
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Campus round-up
Royal Holloway, University of LondonGold-letter day for alma materA postbox on a university campus has been painted gold to honour a graduate's success at the London Paralympics. Sophie Christiansen...
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The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914, by Christopher Clark
Strategy, bellicosity, blunder? A.W. Purdue weighs a fresh look at the Great War’s deadly genesis
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Dead kings and dodos are a hard act to follow
Witches, ducks, dead kings and dodos are among the reasons why people feel proud of their university, according to a ߣߣÊÓƵ competition.
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Extra fee costs for London Met students covered by taskforce
International students at London Metropolitan University will be refunded any higher tuition fee charges as well as the extra cost of travel and accommodation if they move elsewhere to study, it has...
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Coalition were close to scrapping fees, claims Hughes
The coalition government was close to abolishing fees in 2010 and introducing a "graduate contribution system", the deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats has claimed.