By Jack Grove. Royal Irish Academy warns that low tuition fees and funding cuts pose a grave risk to province’s universities and wider economy. More...
Industry-backed research: beware of dangers, says DCU president
By Jack Grove. Gearing research too far towards industry goals can lead to short-termist approach, warns Brian MacCraith. More...
Leadership research in HE is ‘theoretically weak’
By Jack Grove. Literature on leadership development needs much improvement considering the sector’s importance to the UK economy, says report. More...
Beware Brexit brain drain, warns Oxford chancellor
By Jack Grove. Without the competitive advantage of EU links, UK universities will be outgunned in the fight for top talent by rich US universities, says Lord Patten. More...
Spending on UK higher education rises by 6%
By Jack Grove. Details of the latest increase – worth around £1.8 billion in total – were released by the Higher Education Statistics Agency, which indicates the sector's total income grew even faster. More...
Elite universities least likely to hit access goals
By Chris Havergal. Institutional performance on widening participation released by Offa for first time. More...
QAA set to retain key role in monitoring university standards
By Chris Havergal. The QAA looks likely to secure four of six tenders being offered by the Higher Education Funding Council for England, with one each being taken by the Higher Education Academy and the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education. More...
New graduate employment survey could use tax data
By Chris Havergal. Use of HMRC records could allow reformed DLHE to focus on areas such as happiness and skills. More...
Why are sandwich courses seeing a resurgence?
By Carolyn Wickware. Year after year, graduate recruiters emphasise the weight a good work placement carries in the hiring process. More...
China’s top university students: pressures on a ‘fragile elite’
By David Matthews. New book explores the anxieties of Peking and Tsinghua students caught between their parents, the Communist Party and new Western ideas about education. More...