Fairer by far
Steven Schwartz recommended the adoption of PQA in a 2004 report. It went unheeded, but he still believes it would be a better system for UK universities
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Best outcome
PQA is just one of the options that Ucas will examine in its review of admissions processes. All possibilities will be considered, says Mary Curnock Cook, the head of the service
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So it begins: Cambridge plans £3K fee waiver
But its proposal to reduce bursaries is criticised for aiding Treasury, not students. Simon Baker reports
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Film review: True Grit
Duncan Wu appreciates the Coens' distinctive take on the traditional pleasures of a classic western
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TV review: Do We Really Need the Moon?
Axeing our libraries is lunacy, says Gary Day, who asserts that without the Moon we might not be here
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Campus round-up
University of LeicesterDon't believe everything you readPolicymakers should beware of relying too heavily on academic literature reviews, a statistician has warned. A report by Alex Sutton, professor...
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Odds and quads: The Hallaton Treasure
The remains of a 2,000-year-old dog have been reunited with the treasure it probably once guarded.
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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10 February 2011
Just the ticket? - The push for a post-qualifications applications system
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With Oxford’s fees likely to rise to maximum, academics voice their anger
The University of Oxford looks set to follow the same path as planned at Cambridge in charging tuition fees close to the £9,000 maximum and using a large waiver to reduce charges to poor students.
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Tara Brabazon: Written evidence of the workings of the mind
Students could vastly improve their assignments, and marks, if they followed a few important rules. Tara Brabazon offers a 20-point checklist
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Northern Ireland fees may jump to £5,750 in post-Browne U-turn
Students in Northern Ireland could face tuition fees of up to £5,750 a year after a U-turn by a government advisor in the wake of England’s Browne Review.
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Support for reputation measure; respondent profiles boost confidence
The use of reputation surveys in university rankings is controversial. Many do not like the combination of subjective information with objective data and there are concerns that reputation surveys...
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Set Cambridge tuition at £9,000 with discount for poorest students, internal report advises
Tuition fee levels at the University of Cambridge should be set at £9,000 from 2012-13, but students from the poorest backgrounds should be given a £3,000 discount, according to a draft report seen...
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Inside Higher Ed: After Egypt
By Sam Petulla, for Inside Higher Ed