Top 10 universities in the world by reputationBy James Kirkup. School-leavers will be able to become accountants, airline pilots and join other professions without a university degree under an overhaul of apprenticeships expected next week. Ministers will announce measures intended to raise the standing of vocational training to make it a credible alternative to university. Read more...By Alex Usher. The amount of taxpayers' money handed to students from mainland Europe to take courses at British universities soared above £100 million for the first time last year, it has emerged. Figures show that funding awarded to EU students increased by more than £15m – 17.5 per cent – in just 12 months on the back of a surge in demand from eastern European nations. In all, almost 32,000 undergraduates took out Government-backed loans to cover tuition fees in 2011/12 – almost four times the total five years earlier.
By . Spending by English universities rose faster than their income did in the year before £9,000 tuition fees were introduced, while institutions again increased their reliance on fees paid by overseas students.By . Six elite universities in the US and UK dominate Times Higher Education’s 2013 World Reputation Rankings. Harvard University heads a group of six “super-brands” which have pulled away from the chasing pack in terms of reputation and prestige, according to the tables published on 4 March.By . Death of Hugo Chavez unlikely to lead to changes within Venezuela’s ‘isolationist’ university system, says expert. The death of Hugo Chavez is unlikely to lead to much-needed changes within Venezuela’s “isolationist” university system, a higher education expert has told an international conference. Orlando Albornoz, professor of education at the Central University of Venezuela, told delegates at Going Global, the British Council’s conference for higher education leaders, that those in charge of higher education in his country would remain deeply committed to a “different vision” of university education. Read more...By . More than half of female students identify “prevailing sexism, ‘laddism’ and a culture of harassment” at their universities, according to a survey by the National Union of Students.By Jack Grove. A document that aims to bridge the gender leadership gap in higher education worldwide has been officially launched at an international conference. Manifesto for Change, produced by the Action for Women in Higher Education Leadership group, calls for the number of women in senior academic positions to help determine a university’s global ranking. It also wants more data on the gender imbalance among university leaders and professorships held by women to force higher education institutions to address the issue. Read more...THE podcast: World Reputation RankingsWhoever wins the next election, uncapped enrolments and a big student loan book must be addressed, say observers. When the Australian government declined in January to implement recommended increases in teaching funding, or to permit the franchising of a university’s degrees, some observers perceived a growing nervousness about the cost of the country’s uncapped higher education system./https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
