By Chris Havergal. Ucas end of cycle analysis finds proportion of students entering highly selective universities with top grades is falling. More...
Focus on ‘elite’ universities ‘risks responsiveness of UK research’
By David Matthews. Narrow science base could hurt ability to meet new challenges, report says. More...
Study links wealth and power to elite universities
By Nicola Jenvey. New research on the link between wealth and education has characterised the persona most likely to succeed – highly educated, cognitively able and intellectually gifted. Smarter, more educated people tended to be wealthier, gave more and had wider, wealthier and more powerful social networks. Read more...
Oxbridge dominance of top legal jobs unmoved
By Chris Havergal. Sutton Trust research finds three-quarters of leading judges and QCs attended Oxford or Cambridge. More...
Wollen wir mehr Elite wagen?
Helmut J. Schmidt und Bernd Scholz-Reiter. Die Bildungsrepublik diskutiert über die nächste Exzellenzinitiative. Zwei Uni-Präsidenten streiten sich, ob es weitergehen soll wie bisher. Mehr...
Are Elite College Courses Better?
By Doug Lederman. The public -- and heck, many people in higher education -- widely assume prestigious colleges and universities provide the best quality education. That's why employers often want to hire their graduates and why many parents want their children to attend them. Read more...
‘First large-scale evidence’ that graduates from prestige universities dominate elite
By John Morgan. Data from 80,000 graduates in Great British Class Survey show social hierarchy of UK higher education. More...
Elite universities hold key to top corporate jobs
Getting to the top of a blue-chip company is still the prerogative of those who study at the world’s most elite universities, according to Heidrick & Struggles, the executive search company, writes Della Bradshaw for FT. Read more...
« Des élites fondamentalement féodales et de surcroît incompétentes »
Angebot aus Cambridge: Eliteuni auf der Couch
Ein Abschluss an einer renommierten Universität, ohne Vorlesungen vor Ort besucht zu haben? Das soll künftig möglich sein: Das MIT in Cambridge bietet in einem Pilotprojekt Zertifikate für Onlinekurse an.
Was tut man, wenn man studieren will, aber keine Uni in der Nähe ist? Oder man nicht jeden Tag zum Campus pendeln kann? Diese Frage stellen sich Berufstätige. Auch für Flüchtlinge ist sie von Bedeutung. Mehr...