University applicant numbers down for early deadline
The number of UK students applying to medical and dentistry schools, veterinary courses and Oxbridge has fallen by 5 per cent, new figures show.
Search
-
-
Northern Irish universities warned over major cuts
Reports that thousands of student places could be cut
-
Ten ‘academic’ words that have just made it into the dictionary
New edition of Collins English Dictionary contains raft of new terms
-
THE podcast: 23-29 October 2014 issue review
Download the podcastConcerns about the effectiveness of an immigration working group, this week’s Times Higher Education books section, the increasing monitoring of scholars’ work and Arizona State...
-
University levy on graduates could end taxpayer ‘burden’ - thinktank
Public funding for universities should be scrapped and replaced by graduates paying an earnings levy to their institutions, according to a thinktank.
-
THE podcast: Martyn Harrow interview
Source: JiscDownload the podcastChief executive of Jisc, Martyn Harrow, discusses the future of the education technology charity with Times Higher Education reporter Chris Parr.In this podcast, they...
-
23 October 2014
We’re watching you - But who actually benefits from the monitoring of academics?
-
Leonard Marsh, 1930-2014
A leading authority on primary education who served for more than 20 years as principal of what is now Bishop Grosseteste University has died
-
Q&A with Kim Frost
We speak to the new chair of Universities Human Resources and HR director of the University of London
-
An international REF? How about infinity and beyond?
Alistair McCulloch wonders if those seeking to expand research assessment beyond the UK are a bit too parochial in their ambitions
-
Grant winners - 23 October 2014
Royal SocietyUniversity Research FellowshipsAward winner: Robert CrainInstitution: Liverpool John Moores UniversityValue: £419,196The gaseous universe in realistic cosmological simulationsAward...
-
News in brief - 23 October 2014
Research assessmentHave your say on a global REFOpinions on the merits of UK academics having their research assessed alongside that of scholars from around the world are being sought by the Higher...
-
The week in higher education - 23 October 2014
Members of the University and College Union have voted to strike over proposed cuts to their pensions. In a ballot involving UCU members in pre-1992 universities, 78 per cent of those who voted said...
-
Watching but also discerning
Universities collecting data to monitor performance must be transparent and in sync with academic work and goals
-
