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16 novembre 2015

How easy should it be to open a university?

By Mike Ratcliffe. Mike Ratcliffe looks at why institutions have traditionally had to serve an ‘apprenticeship’, ahead of Green Paper set to change the rules. More...

16 novembre 2015

State schools versus private schools: Hefce sets the record straight

By Chris Havergal. ‘Transposition error’ meant funding council wrongly stated that state school leavers were more likely than private peers to get a good degree. More...

16 novembre 2015

What exactly is a professor these days?

By James Derounian. There is an air of mystique (and kudos) surrounding the title “Professor”. On the one hand, it conjures up tired stereotypes (think eggheads and batty scientists), and on the other, those elite, high-flying scholars soaring through the academic stratosphere. More...

15 novembre 2015

Sector needs ‘oversight’ if BIS takes teaching grant in-house, says King’s principal

By Chris Havergal. Ed Byrne warns institutions’ finances could be ‘undermined’ in the name of policy initiatives. More...

15 novembre 2015

Higher education Green Paper at a glance

By THE reporters. Some of the key points to take away from the government’s consultation document on the future of higher education. More...

15 novembre 2015

White British students 'least likely' to go to university

By Chris Havergal. Report finds poorest Chinese pupils more likely to enrol than richest white peers. More...

15 novembre 2015

Universities lose the thread on reasoned discourse

Résultat de recherche d'images pour "nationalpost.com"By Marni Soupcoff. Is it too late to save the spirit of debate on university campuses, the very places where dissent is supposed to be valued for its contribution to fresh and vibrant thought?
We’ve been worrying about the problem for decades. In the early 90s, my contribution to free speech in education was shuffling through the halls of my Toronto high school wearing a T-shirt bearing a “NO PC” symbol on it. More...

15 novembre 2015

Universities, an investment in our future

By Robert Proulx. Universities are not an expense. They are an investment. An investment in the future of an entire society. Issues around higher education are largely absent from election contests, and the recent federal election is no exception. More...

15 novembre 2015

Enbridge & U of Calgary relationship challenges academic integrity

cbc masthead logoBy David Keith. The issue here is not that Enbridge was asking, it's that a public institution, who's job it is to balance competing interests and do high quality research in the public interest, abjectly failed to do that. Read more...
15 novembre 2015

The delicate balancing of oil, money and scholarship

Go to the Globe and Mail homepageAcademic freedom is a precious thing. The ability to think independently and make judgments that can’t be influenced by money or power is an essential public good, and needs to be protected in democratic societies that benefit from disinterested inquiry. Read more...
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