By David Phoenix. Limited funding and an arbitrary target to recruit 3,000,000 apprentices could undermine attempts to raise the reputation of professional education. More...
Get a job or get out: the tough reality for international students
By André Rhoden-Paul. Visa controls make life difficult for international students who want to stay in the UK after graduation. More...
My 'colorblind' college campus is still racist. My white peers just don't see it
By . Liberals in the northeast like to think that racism is just a southern thing, or just generational. My experience at Boston University shows otherwise. More...
Universities leader rejects Jo Johnson criticism of standards
By Richard Adams. Russel Group chair Sir David Eastwood says minister’s claims are not borne out by student surveys, and predicts tuition fees will have to rise. More...
Why law students should consider writing a dissertation
By Rabah Kherbane. It’s a daunting project to take on, but writing a dissertation can give you skills that will be useful in your career. More...
Universities don’t understand how international students learn
By Thushari Welikala. Current university strategies aren’t working and fail to take into consideration that international students aren’t a homogenous bunch. More...
Romeo and Juliet in Palestine review – Shakespeare under occupation
By Anthony Cummins. Tom Sperlinger’s account of teaching English literature to students in the occupied territories is an illuminating look at the wider role of education. More...
Should universities collect personal data to monitor their students?
By Claire Shaw. Join the debate, sponsored by Dell and Intel, on Friday 10 July from 12-2pm GMT to discuss the pros and cons of tracking how students learn. More...
Let UK universities do what they do best – teaching and research
The UK’s universities can justifiably claim an outstanding international reputation, generating multiple direct and indirect benefits for society, and underpinning our core professions through training and education. Yet these attributes are being undermined and degraded from within and without, with innovation, creativity, originality and critical thought, as well as notions of social justice, being threatened by forces of marketisation demanding “competitiveness” and “efficiency” in teaching and research. This generates continuous pressures to standardise, conform, obey and duplicate in order to be “transparent” to measurement. More...
There is a third way universities could take, between state and market
By . We need to increase differentiation – not by fighting over funding but by building networks and working together in solidarity. More...