Higher
Leading Article: Lessons in worth
British universities are beginning to respond to student concerns about value for money in the era of top-up fees. We know because Manchester University and now the London School of Economics are putting more emphasis on teaching.
Inside Higher
University choice: The cost of getting it wrong
Thursday, 24 July 2008
Few state schools teach their students about the status differences between universities – even though it is a big factor in how much money they will earn. Geraldine Hackett reports
Universities: Worcester's source of pride
Thursday, 24 July 2008
One very new university is pulling in applicants at a phenomenal rate. Lucy Hodges investigates
Susan Bassnett: Why university exams need a radical overhaul
Thursday, 17 July 2008
Anxiety about what goes on in universities has surfaced again, this time over the quality of degrees being handed out. This kind of debate usually emerges in August, when A-level and GCSE results are published, and ministers say that the increase in top grades is due to better teaching and higher levels of achievement, and pundits wonder why, therefore, top universities are setting their own entrance exams and running remedial classes. Disquieting news has also come from employers, who suggest that they may trust a lower degree from a top university more than a high degree from a university less high in the league tables.
Independent/Bosch Technology Horizons Award: Writers capture China rising
Thursday, 17 July 2008
Technology is driving global change, but how exactly? Young writers put their fingers on the engineering button
Education Diary: Durham's bursar in the dock
Thursday, 17 July 2008
One rarely associates Britain's elite universities with the sordid world of crime. But a bursar at Durham University has recently found herself in the dock, accused of pilfering the tidy sum of £519,583.95 from the coffers of St Chad's College. Last week, Christine Starkey, 59, appeared before magistrates in County Durham accused of taking the money from the college's bank account and transferring it to her own between 18 April 2002 and 5 December last year. Starkey is also charged with converting criminal property, namely money, into goods and other items.
India is shutting the door on Britain's top institutions
Thursday, 17 July 2008
Since it began market reforms in the early Nineties, India has rolled out the red carpet for many British corporations. Vodafone, British Telecom and Rolls-Royce all have operations here, helping to push foreign direct investment to nearly £8bn last year. But while Britain's phone companies, cars and expertise in higher education are welcomed, its universities are not.
Leading Article: Applicants first
Thursday, 17 July 2008
A report out today from Universities UK serves to remind us of just how intransigent the universities are being on a post-qualification admissions system, which would enable students to apply once they had their A-level results, rather than before.
Education Letters: Admissions crisis
Thursday, 17 July 2008
I welcome the support of the chief executive of UCAS for my concerns about the fragmentation of the university admissions system (Letters, EDUCATION & CAREERS, 10 July). It is clearly common sense that a system that becomes arbitrary cannot be satisfactory. While this common ground is very welcome, Anthony McLaren's belief that current UCAS practice resolves the difficulties is not tenable.
The green league table: How environmentally friendly is your university?
Thursday, 10 July 2008
The green league table is making universities think again. Lucy Hodges on the saints and the sinners
Leading Article: Survive and thrive
Thursday, 10 July 2008
Universities could become unviable and be forced to merge, and their unpopular courses shut down, under a worst-case scenario discussed by a report published today. The report by Universities UK, which represents vice-chancellors, warned that the number of 18-year-olds will fall by 2020, removing 70,000 potential students from the higher education system.
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