20 octobre 2015

By Gretchen Busl. Humanities scholars are making strides in sectors from sustainability to robotics – why are so few people aware of their work. More...

By Catherine Baksi. The new scheme will provide a tuition-fee path way into law, but apprentices will work long hours and miss out on the university experience. More...

By Harriet Swain. Staff are balloting for strike action as OU plans to close seven of nine regional centres in England amid competition from free online courses such as Moocs. More...

According to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), letting English universities recruit as many students as they like will mean 1,000 more home and EU undergraduates in the coming years. Given that 400,000 full-time undergraduates begin their studies each year, that is both imperceptible and implausible. More...

By Jonathan Wolff. Institutions that score well on the Teaching Excellence Framework will be allowed to raise tuition fees – but will the TEF really intensify progress. More...

By Jacky Lumby. Machiavellian moves are made in all sectors, but higher education needs to begin a discussion about what is acceptable. More...

By Sally Weale. Fundraising effort at UK’s wealthiest university prompts concern from experts over ‘ever-widening gap’ between Oxbridge and rest of sector. More...

By  Felicity Callard and Des Fitzgerald. A new book argues for less focus on structures and funding for interdisciplinarity, and more on the everyday highs and lows of collaboration. More...

By Catherine Shoard. The unpredictable university admissions process tests not recall but interpretation – the key skill in an age of randomness. More...

By James McMahon. With some extra hard work and forward planning, students with learning disabilities can still succeed at uni. More...