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28 juillet 2013

University life: are students today 'hooking up'?

By Josie Gurney-Read. More students are "hooking up" for emotionally detached sex at university, according to a recent study. But even if this is happening, is it an issue asks Josie Gurney-Read. Students are too busy for relationships. This is the news from the New York Times, which last week published an investigation into relationships at the University of Pennsylvania. After interviewing 60 women at the university, the discussions revealed that students frequently used “hooking up” for quick and emotionally detached sexual gratification, with one interviewee admitting that she enjoyed late night, casual sex with her “hook up” on her own terms. Read more...

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28 juillet 2013

More students turning to private colleges as fees rise

By Graeme Paton. Record numbers of students are taking higher education courses at private universities and colleges, despite concerns over low employment rates, research shows. A new Government analysis reveals that 160,000 students were enrolled at some 674 privately-funded institutions last year, far higher than previous estimates. In many cases, students are taking degree-level qualifications in subjects such as business, management, accountancy and IT or specialist arts courses in music, drama and dance. Read more...

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28 juillet 2013

Universities begin to unlock the potential of social enterprise

By Karl Belizaire. Higher education is at the forefront of innovation, so it is no surprise the profile of social enterprises is rising. Universities have always played an important role in their communities and have frequently been at the forefront of innovation and enterprise, so it's no wonder that social entrepreneurship is starting to emerge and thrive at them. Read more...

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28 juillet 2013

Race equality in academia: time to establish black studies in the UK?

By Deborah Gabriel. With just 85 black professors in the UK, Deborah Gabriel says we need a more diverse curriculum for real change. If the same vigour and commitment that drive gender equality in higher education were directed towards race equality then better progress could be made in addressing the institutionalised racism that pervades the higher education sector. While women now account for 44% of all academics within UK universities (2011/12 HESA Staff Record), the percentage of black academics (combining black Caribbean, black African and black other) stands at 1.6%. Read more...

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28 juillet 2013

Shared services: why is the higher education sector so late to the party?

By Martin Vincent, Vincent King and Andy Davies. The obstacles that have stalled more shared services in universities are now the justification for greater collaboration. There has been plenty of recent trumpeting of the benefits of shared services in higher education. Ian Diamond of the Universities UK efficiency and modernisation task force stated that "shared services could save millions" while Steve Butcher, head of procurement and shared services at the Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce), was reported as predicting a "first wave" of shared services projects this summer. Read more...

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28 juillet 2013

Disadvantaged postgraduates: who are they and how can we help them?

By Tom Frostick. Policymakers need to identify which postgrads most need support, says Tom Frostick, who asks whether redirecting funding towards these students is a good way of going about it. The government has confirmed that funding allocated through the national scholarship programme (NSP) is to be "refocused" on disadvantaged postgraduates at the expense of disadvantaged undergraduates. Read more...

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28 juillet 2013

Why don't parents get the value of apprenticeships?

By Tamsin Rutter. They're a great route to top jobs, but they're still seen as a second-rate option, report shows. The manufacturing industries are no longer the sole breeding ground for apprentices. The government's recently introduced higher apprenticeship scheme offers opportunities across all sectors and an educational equivalent to a degree. The problem is that nobody seems to know it. Nearly two-thirds (63%) of parents don't understand apprenticeships well enough to explain them to their kids and 81% don't realise that higher apprenticeships are on a par with foundation degrees and, in some cases, even bachelor's degrees, a survey carried out by the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) suggests. Read more...

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28 juillet 2013

Why more black and Asian teenagers are choosing university

By Lola Okolosie. Government programmes have played a part in the increase in applications from minority groups, but so has institutional racism. As a teacher who taught and trained in West Yorkshire and now works in an all-boys, multicultural, inner-city London secondary, news that black and Asian students are more likely than their white counterparts to apply to university comes as no great shock. Often when I tell people what I currently do, they look at me with a mixture of wide-eyed amazement and pity. Read more...

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28 juillet 2013

University careers services should act more like recruitment agencies

By Zahir Irani. Career centres need to rethink their approach, says Zahir Irani, andprovide a more personalised service that gets students jobs. Many of you will have visited a university careers centre at some point, but most likely at a time when there were many more opportunities open to graduates and career paths were much more certain. These days, graduates struggle to find a job, let alone map out a career structure spanning a decade or more. Read more...

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28 juillet 2013

Putting the spotlight on drama students' employment prospects

By Joshua Feldman. A panel of experts asked what the future holds for drama graduates after a recent report found that the employment landscape is changing. Drama graduates would like to think that all the world's a stage, but more often than not they're left playing the fool. Recent research into the destination of drama graduates carried out by the BBC's former head of casting, Jane Deitch, found that less than 2% of drama graduates end up on the West End stage. Read more...

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