By Ian Dunn. In a decade where business and the media have been transformed by digital technologies, higher education can feel stuck in the lecture hall. More...
06 décembre 2014
'Digital is the missing link in higher education'
Shimer College: the worst school in America?
By Jon Ronson. This tiny, eccentric institution in Chicago was just voted the worst place to study in America. But does Shimer, which shuns lectures and has no societies or clubs, deserve such an accolade? Jon Ronson went there to investigate. More...Further education has a role to play in an entrepreneurial career
By Christer Holloman. University and hi-tech startups are often seen as mutually exclusive paths, but the success of Oxford Entrepreneurs shows they can go hand in hand. More...Should Universities be exempt from Freedom of Information requests?
By Alice Bell. As public funding for universities reduces, is it time they became as exempt from Freedom of Information laws as the private sector? Or should we reform FOI instead. More...Private colleges widen access to education
This week’s report by the National Audit Office highlights dropout rates (Report, 2 December), which it suggests are higher in the private sector. However, when private colleges give mature students from disadvantaged backgrounds the opportunity to return to education, a completion rate of over 80% is surely a positive outcome. More...After their divisive and craven campaign for higher fees, Universities Australia's days are numbered
By Ben Eltham. Universities are not corporations, even if the people that run them get paid like they are. Students and academics deserve a better representative than a fossil fuel lobbyist. More...Autumn statement: education sector welcomes postgraduate student loans
By Richard Adams. Treasury estimates that new loans will see 10,000 more students taking postgraduate degrees a year. More...Good advice is key to pupils’ university progress
Paul Mason (Private schools know how to game elite universities – state-educated kids don’t have this privilege, G2, 1 December) has succumbed to crude class-based generalisations, increasingly the default response in the private school v state school debate that the media is so fond of. More...Government loans for postgrads are welcome, but unis must play their part
By Joel Mullan. Postgraduate students under 30 will be eligible for an income-contingent loan of up to £10,000 from 2016-17, it was announced in the autumn statement. But state-backed loans are only part of the solution. More...
