Students are often reminded that a degree is “not enough”, and that they will also need “employability skills” – a complex combination of personal attributes, discipline-specific knowledge and generic talents – to succeed after university. More...
The underlying assumption is that employment rates are a direct outcome of how well students are taught in higher education. There is a wider acceptance that workers with graduate qualifications are a distinct group of “better educated” people, whose “advanced skills” should convey higher wages in the labour market. More...
Previously, prospective students relied heavily on official university guides and rankings, but 83% of students now also use social media channels to help them make their university choices. More...
In his famous Rede Lecture of 1959, chemist and novelist C P Snow spoke of the separation of science and the humanities, and the lack of respect and understanding that often exists between the fields. More...
The case of the Durham PhD student, Matthew Hedges – who has been arrested and placed in solitary confinement on the charge of spying – exposes the extreme limits on academic freedom in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). But Hedges’s plight, while outrageous, is not altogether shocking for seasoned observers of the oil-rich Gulf monarchy. More...
Sepuluh tahun lalu, Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi dan Kejaksaan Agung membuat program Kantin Kejujuran dengan mendirikan 1.000 kantin di sekolah negeri untuk melatih pembentukan karakter dan antikorupsi di kalangan siswa. Uji coba ini berakhir sebagai kisah kegagalan. Lebih...
Lahir pada bulan Desember, Januari, Agustus atau September memberi dampak yang signifikan dan berkelanjutan pada kehidupan Anda. Penelitian baru kami menunjukkan bulan ulang tahun dapat berpengaruh dalam membentuk kepribadian. Secara khusus, kami menemukan bahwa kepercayaan diri orang dapat berbeda secara signifikan karena bulan kelahiran mereka yang berbeda. Lebih...
On Sept. 20, the U.S. Department of Education released a new framework to “rethink” how the department oversees special education services for students with disabilities. More...
While researching why Chinese students come to Europe for higher education, we encountered some tired and stereotypical views in our ethnographic conversations. Among some academic and administrative staff in UK universities, a few of the most common were contradictory: Chinese students are rich, they don’t care about studying and only want to party; they’re extremely academic and don’t want to spend time on other pursuits. More...
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