One for the archives
In his September speech to Universities UK, Jo Johnson reported (anecdotally) that some teaching was “lamentable” and he was “determined to address it”, but did not mention how (“Jo Johnson: research...
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Creative solutions
As chair of university English, I write to express our profound regret that the Department for Education has decided to discontinue the creative writing A level after the 2018 summer examinations....
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Instant regret
Clean energy from coffee grounds sounds wonderful (“Week in higher education”, News, 10 September), but soaking the grounds in sodium hydroxide (made by electrolysis, very energy-intensive) and then...
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We’ve been here before
Jo Johnson’s debut UUK speech offered variations on a Willettsian theme, but with a few chords to make his audience shift uneasily
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Hitting the buffers
Post-crisis, UK academics’ pay stays flat
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US postgraduate enrolment sees biggest rise since 2009
International students accounted for over two-thirds of the growth in enrolments in past decade, says study
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Quality assessment must be more than a tick-box process
Hefce chief Madeleine Atkins on what a simpler, less burdensome QA system might look like
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The world’s most innovative universities
US institutions top the inaugural Reuters Top 100 Most Innovative Universities table
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Exeter ‘Settler Colonialism in Palestine’ event to go ahead
University negotiates compromise deal over controversial conference
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The pleasures (and surprises) of interviewing academics
Matthew Reisz celebrates the joys of profiling scholars
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News blog: Sajid Javid and Jo Johnson take higher education to market
BIS aims to step up competition for universities from new providers – but questions remain about impact on UK higher education
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Gap between education of aboriginal and non-aboriginal people in Canada widening
Study finds proportion of non-aboriginal people in the country graduating from university is improving at a faster rate