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23 mars 2014

I want my son to apply to Oxbridge, even if he doesn't get in

By Gavan Naden. My son is put off by the myths and reputation of Oxbridge, but I think he should give it a go and apply anyway. Last week my 16-year-old dragged his long legs through the front door looking totally fed up. It wasn't just that he'd been held back late after school, it was having to endure a talk on "why Oxbridge?" Read more...

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23 mars 2014

Oxford University's cultural elitism has been exposed by this student campaign

By Harriet Walker. With 'I, too, am Oxford' minority students tried to highlight the prejudices they face, but a rival campaign hijacks their argument. There is a rich cultural history of white people jumping on bandwagons and spoiling things – tobacco, R&B, Brixton – and now they've done it to Oxford's diversity movement. Inspired by a similar effort at Harvard, a viral campaign called I, too, am Oxford surfaced last week highlighting the prejudices students from ethnic minority backgrounds experience at the university. Read more...

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23 mars 2014

Welcome to the age of Martini marketing – any time, any place, anywhere

By Emma Leech. University marketers have to develop digital campaigns that operate round-the-clock for students around the globe. A new report into the effect of increased tuition fees on HE marketing makes interesting reading for those of us on the recruitment front line, as well as for academic leaders interested in understanding an increasingly volatile market. Read more...

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23 mars 2014

Higher education shouldn't be a market. No wonder tuition fees are failing

By Hugh Muir. All that pain, all that argument, to bring in the £9,000 fees cap – now it's close to costing us more than it's made. So why bother? Today, as the phrase goes, will be a good day to bury bad news. What to do about Vladimir Putin? What happened to flight MH370? And what kind of hash has George Osborne made of people's pensions? But for all that, there is subterranean scandal that should not pass unnoticed. The highly contentious student loans system is unravelling. Read more...

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23 mars 2014

Education should be a right for all

We believe that education, like healthcare, is a fundamental social good, one that benefits both individual students and society as a whole (Report, 21 March). We believe that everyone should have an equal right, during a formative period of their lives, to pursue their own interests for their own sake. The ability to exercise this right should not be filtered by wealth and privilege, or be determined by the current priorities of the labour market. Still less should it be decided by those who might profit from any imminent increase in student debt, or from the erosion of staff pay and conditions. Read more...

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23 mars 2014

Tuition fees: teetering on the brink

Editorial. New official forecasts suggest that write-off costs have reached 45% of the £10bn paid out in student loans each year. It is generally assumed that when Nick Clegg dies, or if his Liberal Democrats suffer a comparable fate at the May 2015 election, the words "tuition fees" will be found engraved on his heart. But now it seems he won't be alone. On the latest calculations, the whole system of student funding introduced by the coalition four years ago – when the maximum permissible university tuition fee was hoicked up from £3,000 to £9,000 – is in serious trouble. In essence, the system in England requires graduates, once they're earning £21,000 a year, to repay their fees over a 30-year period. Read more...

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23 mars 2014

Is pressure on postdocs leading to 'massaged' research?

By Anonymous academic. Merciless competition for jobs and funds pushes some researchers to spin data in the eternal quest for success. Academics are rated on how many publications we produce, how often we publish, and in which journals and our CVs boast of every printed word. It all amounts to one thing: publish or perish. Read more...

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23 mars 2014

Move over, Stem: why the world needs humanities graduates

By Paul Smith. Global problems can't be resolved without a humanities perspective, so academics need to get out into the world and make the case for their subject. Business leaders called last week for subsidies for UK science and maths degrees to boost graduate numbers. Supporters of the humanities may be alarmed – but they need to work harder promote the unique skills of their graduates, the British Council's director in the US argues. Read more...

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23 mars 2014

Moocs: students in the global south are wary of a 'sage on the stage'

By Charlotte Gunawardena. Unless universities adapt the curriculum to suit the needs of students in emerging economies, free online courses will have no relevance. Free online courses, known by the acronym Moocs (massive open online courses), have the potential to educate anyone, anywhere and reach the world's under-served. Read more...

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23 mars 2014

How to stay sane through a PhD: get survival tips from fellow students

By Inez von Weitershausen. High fliers are being made miserable by PhD study, but it's best to learn from colleagues rather than wait for universities to solve the problem. You might have chosen to take a look at this blog because you are currently feeling overwhelmed by your PhD, or perhaps you just know of someone who is. Read more...

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