Birmingham universities work together to widen access
Students from University College Birmingham-validated foundation degrees will be eligible to enrol on University of Birmingham degrees with advanced standing
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Sharp increase in first-class degrees triggers standards debate
New analysis of Hesa data shows that at least a quarter of students get a first at a third of UK universities
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Call to end ‘segregation’ with mixed-ability universities in UK
Middlesex v-c proposes ‘comprehensive element’ and end to ‘hyper-selective’ admissions in Hepi paper
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Generational and class gaps in attitudes on fees, polling finds
Tuition fees rank marginally above animal rights on list of voting priorities – but young people assign higher importance
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Why aren’t we debating all the issues in higher education?
As the row over fees reignites and mutates into a debate over the very purpose of universities, silence reigns on the issue of hyper-selectivity
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Laurie Taylor – 20 July 2017
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Layers of hypocrisy in TEF reaction
Emilie Murphy was not the first academic to declare that the teaching excellence framework could not possibly be credible “without anyone actually stepping foot inside classrooms and lecture theatres...
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A line in the sand
Teesside University recently announced that all professors who are not in management roles will have to reapply for their jobs (“University tells entire professoriate to reapply for their jobs”, News...
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Metamorphosis
There is something deeply disingenuous about Jo Johnson’s roseate view of the effect of tuition fees on our universities. Prospective students are clearly put off by the threat of graduating with £57...
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Marked absences
It was disappointing that the article about England’s student finance system (“One in three v-cs backs Labour fees policy: survey”, News, 13 July) contained no reference to the funding regime for...