The tuition fee cap should be scrapped, “blanket subsidies” for courses ended and universities freed to compete for students in one of the most radical overhauls of the sector ever.
Alan Ryan proposes that there should be no cap on tuition fees, grants for the talented poor should return and universities should lose their safety net
Recent studies reveal tuition costs do not deter students from lower socio-economic groups. Their decision not to go into higher education, argues Peter Urwin, is made much earlier in their schooling
Are academics being blamed for work-shy students and high unemployment? Jon Marcus reports
An investigation into senior staff at London Metropolitan University has concluded that there is no case for disciplinary action following the financial crisis that engulfed the institution.
There is “no evidence” that a Nigerian graduate accused of attempting to blow up a plane on Christmas Day last year was radicalised while studying at University College London, an independent review...
From scrolls to iPads, literature may change its form but its importance endures, says Tara Brabazon
An insightful analysis evinces the relevance of a Victorian conflict to today's ills, writes A.W. Purdue
Does language mirror the objects and structures inscribed in reality, or is it rather that reality is reified, structured and even invented by language? Is what we assume to be naturally and...
What value a degree in the humanities? The £25,000 it soon may cost? Indeed, in the age of "impact funding", what value the humanities at all? Lionel Trilling's 1971 book can still guide a thoughtful...
It took Italians an age to embrace the tomato, but the rest is juicy history, says Robert Appelbaum
Visiting the Temple of Vaccinia in the huge garden of Edward Jenner's house in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, is a delightful experience today. The rustic little building still stands where Jenner...
In most Western countries, the late 19th century saw a mania for building statues, many of them contentious at the time and many not standing the test of time. Since the late 20th century, we have...
S. Subramanian finds uncomfortable reading in the power play between the North and the South
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