Cardiff faculty under review
Creative writing faces an uncertain future at Cardiff University after a series of personality clashes and complaints from students about poor PhD supervision, writes Phil Baty. In a letter obtained...
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Funding council putts golf course on the map
A course in golf studies, one of the most persistently derided of so-called Mickey Mouse degrees, has been given the seal of approval by funding chiefs, writes Alison Goddard. The Higher Education...
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Access degree missing target
The government's flagship foundation degree is making only limited progress towards ministers' main goals for higher education access and expansion, figures show. The two-year course is so far having...
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UK's defenceless battlefields overrun
Archaeologists are losing the fight to save Britain's battlefields from the mounting destruction wrought by armies of metal detectorists, farmers and developers. Experts have called on the government...
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Lords to focus on Offa issue
The monitoring of university efforts to recruit more working-class students by the government's proposed access regulator is set to be the key issue of debate as the higher education bill comes under...
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UK failing to prepare for tide of foreigners
The UK is poorly prepared to meet the needs of the more than 800,000 international students expected to flood into its universities and colleges by 2018, experts have warned. Academic institutions...
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Down under vs over here: What's on offer?
Down under vs over here: What's on offer? UK: Scholarships Chevening Scholarships: about 2,400 offered a year, most covering postgraduate fees plus maintenance but some fees only. Commonwealth...
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US urged to look across Atlantic for tips on how to cut dropout rates
British universities excel at managing the transition of students from school to degree courses, and US universities could learn from them in order to cut dropout rates, a conference heard last week...
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Tension over plan for Scots merger
Scotland's further and higher education organisations radically disagree over the powers of a planned merged funding council for the two sectors. And key tensions have emerged over the possible...
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Lay off, says Luton, as it plays to strengths
Charles Clarke described Luton University as 'bloody brilliant' yet it gets a bloody awful press. Alan Thomson finds that the much-maligned university is carving out a niche for itself Luton...
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Research elite held to ransom
Israel's seven research universities face 30 per cent budget cuts unless they implement government-inspired changes to their governance that some fear will erode academic freedom. The changes were...
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Croatia calls for Stirling aid
A Stirling University academic has been offered the post of special adviser to the Croatian prime minister to help forge the country's path to joining the European Union. Dejan Jovic, who has taught...
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EUA to look at UK's top-up model
European university leaders are to carry out a detailed appraisal of university funding in the wake of the decision in the UK to charge tuition fees far in excess of anything in continental Europe....
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Chinese block rights website
Chinese authorities have blocked access to the website of a Canadian foundation that funds human rights and social justice studies. The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, named after the late...
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New minister appeases strikers
François Fillon, France's new minister of education and research, is giving priority to defusing the research crisis dogging the government. Less than 48 hours after the government reshuffle that...