From the UK’s HE minister to university life in Kurdistan
Bill Rammell explains how serving as the UK’s HE minister led him on to a v-c’s path, and ultimately to being president of the University of Kurdistan Hewlêr
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Dutch student financing flip-flop could increase growth pressure
Return of grants after almost a decade of loans could create an enrolment surge in an already straining system
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Sector leaders doubtful of 2025 lifelong loan entitlement launch
After government reaffirms LLE support, post-18 education review chair remains ‘apprehensive’ while OU v-c sees ‘big design challenges’
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Funding and regulation are slanted against Birkbeck, so we must adapt
The need to rearrange academic units and, potentially, cut staff is the direct result of UK government policy, say David Latchman and Matthew Innes
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India overtakes China as student migration to UK hits record high
Arrivals in country soar following rollback of Covid-era travel restrictions
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Better pay deal possible as coffers swell, insist striking staff
On the picket lines in Cambridge, union members insist this year’s 3 per cent rise is nowhere near enough to contend with spiralling living costs
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Heavy lies the crown
The array of challenges facing universities and their leaders is daunting, with a broken funding system underpinning the pain in England
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24 November 2022 digital edition
Amid rising global tensions, is time running out for internationalisation?
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‘Shifting value proposition’ underpins rise in contract cheating
‘Renaissance’ ideals of integrity may mean little to the sharing economy generation, ߣߣƵn conference hears
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Accord must loosen regulatory grip on university model – Davis
ߣߣƵn public service chief rails against scale in call for “alternatives” to huge comprehensive institutions
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Ucas personal statement ‘contributes to access inequalities’
Hepi report says long, free-form format is ‘incompatible’ with fair admissions code and calls for switch to short-response questions
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PhD students prefer in-person supervision, but online persists
Postgraduate researchers respond positively to online-offline support packages but purely online contact is less valued, finds Advance HE survey
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Stop locking down campuses ‘casually’, Chinese universities told
Authorities to inspect institutions ‘one by one’ amid concern institutions are being overzealous in their application of Covid-19 restrictions
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Overseas researchers in limbo over UK security clearance delays
Incoming staff and students risk losing jobs and funding over delayed checks in ‘sensitive’ fields
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The week in higher education – 24 November 2022
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media