With investing in the regions a priority for successive governments, what role could universities based in the Midlands play in revitalising the economic fortunes of their communities. More...
30 juillet 2017
30 juillet 2017
Osborne gets job number six – an honorary professorship in Manchester
Ex-chancellor and Evening Standard editor will use unpaid lecturing role at university to champion ‘northern powerhouse’. More...
30 juillet 2017
Queen's speech: what the Tories' overhauled priorities may look like
Party’s manifesto plans will change in wake of election, with possible shifts in stance on Brexit, grammar schools and social care. More...
27 juillet 2017
Student housing tempts wealthy investors
Demand for investment grows despite worries that Brexit might cut number of high-spending foreign students coming to UK. More...
27 juillet 2017
How European academics are feeling about life in Britain a year after Brexit vote
Attracting and retaining academics from other EU countries is one of the major issues facing the university sector after Brexit – fears have been raised of a potential “brain drain”. The latest indications point to a rise in EU academics leaving British universities. More...
25 juillet 2017
Armenian Higher Education in the European Higher Education Area
After regaining independence in 1991 following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Armenian higher education began to re-establish independence and autonomy. With new freedoms, large numbers of private higher education institutions called themselves universities and grew like mushrooms, possible due to the fact that there were no regulations or principles in place to determine university status or control expansion. More...
13 juillet 2017
After Brexit, King's College London Considers German Campus
By Elizabeth Redden. King’s College London is considering opening a campus in Germany in what could be the first such European campus to be established by a British university after the U.K.’s vote to exit the European Union, the BBC and Times Higher Education reported. More...
12 juillet 2017
Spike in students caught cheating in Welsh universities
The number of students caught cheating in Welsh universities has risen by almost 50% in two years, writes Shane Brennan for Daily Post. Across Wales, allegations of cheating went from 1,370 in the academic year of 2013-14 to 2,044 in 2015-16. More...12 juillet 2017
Combustible cladding found on university housing blocks
Combustible cladding has been found on university accommodation blocks as fears grow that hundreds of thousands of people across the United Kingdom could be living in unsafe housing in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire, writes Lucy Pasha-Robinson for the Independent. More...12 juillet 2017
Universities accused of ‘misleading’ Dáil committee
Senior officials from colleges including the University of Limerick, Dublin Institute of Technology and University College Cork have appeared before the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee to answer allegations over unauthorised severance packages, conflicts of interest and poor corporate governance, writes Carl O’Brien for The Irish Times. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)