Rise of the fast food learning model
Barely 20 years old, the University of Phoenix is just a collection of suburban office buildings scattered over 13 US states, yet it has become one of the most influential distance- learning forces....
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Why I ... believe we churn out far too many graduates
It is a bit of a drag teaching students who only come to university to "come of age" because I find that they are not really committed to their work. This country suffers terribly from diploma...
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Prepare for a shock
Will profiteering firms and the internet kill off universities? No, says Donald Norman, but they could eclipse campus teaching There is a new model of education in the land. Crass, money-making...
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Bushels: avoid. Lights: turn up
Andrew Oswald argues that if British universities want to earn a bit more they should shout a bit louder Britain's universities are almost invisible. The average Briton reads and hears nothing about...
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Scots in science drive
Henry McLeish, Scotland's enterprise and lifelong learning minister, plans to set up a know-ledge economy taskforce, in a drive to increase the number of science students. His move comes in the wake...
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Students learn how to relax
Stressed out by mountains of marking? Worried about research deadlines? Why not unwind with a little aromatherapy. Or perhaps some reflexology - or even a Chinese massage. The range of services now...
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Centre's closure causes dismay
The University of Exeter has closed its centre for women's studies to the dismay of specialists across the country. There has been widespread concern over the axing of the centre, which the...
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Lifelong learning market untapped
Universities are failing to exploit the market for lifelong learning, according to the preliminary findings of a major study into the impact of virtual and corporate universities on higher education...
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Is all really well at ACCA?
'This week, leading academics and practitioners accused ACCA of "completely undermining accountancy education", with a deal to offer "instant" degrees in association with Oxford Brookes University....
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In the news
'He is "an inveterate user of contacts" with a sharp eye for people in positions of power and for his own and his organisation's profile' David Green's first work for the British Council, of which he...
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On the move
Howard Green, head of the centre for research and graduate studies at Leeds Metropolitan University, has been appointed chair of the UK Council for Graduate Education. He succeeds Bob Burgess from...
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Glittering prizes
Coventry University will award honorary degrees this autumn to broadcaster Stuart Linnell (MA), Beverley Nielson, regional director of the CBI (MA); Richard Parham, former managing director of...
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Eye witness
For the first time since 1985 the Nigerian federal government has ordered the security services to investigate the rival secret cults active on the campuses of almost all the country's 34...
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Adelaide
The Santos oil company has announced a Aus$25 million (Pounds 16 million), ten-year sponsorship deal to establish a school of petroleum engineering at the University of Adelaide. It is believed to be...
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Istanbul
Banned religious students could be reinstated if Turkey's parliament passes a proposed amnesty for all women students barred for wearing headscarves in line with Islamic practice. The country's...