By Graeme Paton. A study by The Complete University Guide finds that more universities are charging full £9,000 undergraduate fees this year, with the most expensive course in the country – an MBA – costing almost £43,000. Read more...
23 août 2014
23 août 2014
University research: if you believe in openness, stand up for it
By . Publishing openly provides greater exposure, boosts prospects and can lead to more citations, says Erin McKiernan. We spend years teaching our children to share. Yet from the moment students enter academia, we discourage it. Lock up your work in prestigious subscription journals; keep your data close to your chest; compete instead of collaborate – these are the messages transmitted by peers and mentors. More...23 août 2014
Are law firms doing enough to encourage diversity?
By Alex Aldridge. From 'CV blind' policies to outreach programmes, the legal profession is trying to better reflect society. It has been difficult for students from socio-economically deprived backgrounds to make it in the legal profession, but law firms are waking up to the importance of diversity. More...23 août 2014
University mergers: will others follow the Welsh model?
By Will Ham Bevan. Will Ham Bevan looks at whether vice-chancellors are right to fear mergers. Over the past half century, the UK’s higher education landscape has been shaped to a great extent by university mergers and acquisitions. According to Lancaster University research, some 30% of higher education institutions went through the process between 1994-5 and 2009-10. This year will see a significant addition to the tally, when the University of London’s Institute of Education (IoE) surrenders its status as an independent institution to become the newest and largest faculty of University College London (UCL). More...23 août 2014
How important are GCSE grades when applying to university?
By Rebecca Ratcliffe. For some courses and institutions they're 'very important' but for others they might be meaningless. Each year, as results day approaches, so too do reports that admissions tutors are using GCSE grades (or their equivalent) as a cut off point to cherry-pick the best applicants. More...23 août 2014
You don't have to be a computer whizz to learn to code
By . I'm studying an arts degree, but learning to code has increased my job prospects, writes a student blogger. If you think that coding isn't for you, it might be time to think again. I'm not the standard coder. I didn't dismantle computers as a child, I'm female, and I'm in the fourth year of a humanities degree (English & Spanish at the University of Exeter). More...23 août 2014
The key to a successful PhD thesis? Write in your own voice
By Cassandra Steer. We need to step out beyond the safety of footnotes and the words of big-name scholars to reach a level of academic independence. More...23 août 2014
The big postgrad challenge? Paddling your own canoe
By Matthew Jenkin. No one's going to spoonfeed you ideas for an essay topic. It's up to you to know where you want to go. When you do postgrad, you finally take full responsibility for your own academic progress. But with greater responsibility, says MA student Rebecca White, comes greater freedom to sink your teeth into the topics that fire your imagination. More...23 août 2014
Moocs, and the man leading the UK's charge
By Peter Wilby. Simon Nelson is head of FutureLearn, the OU's venture into Moocs – massive open online courses that some have claimed will revolutionise higher education. More...23 août 2014
Scottish independence: how would it affect university research funding?
By . Two senior academics debate whether independence would be good or bad for research funding in Scotland. The referendum on Scottish independence is one month away. One of the key issues for higher education is the impact independence would have on research. We invited two senior academics to debate whether a vote for independence will jeopardise research funding in Scotland. More...
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