129 experts in computer science, mathematics and machine learning call for the release of their colleague, the Imperial College London professor who was arrested in April in Tehran. More...
Bolton University boss given £66,000 pay rise last year
The University of Bolton’s vice-chancellor was awarded a £66,000 pay rise last year, the latest in a string of steep wage increases among universities’ senior leadership that has seen the government and regulators make public their concerns. More...
Oxford overtakes Cambridge for first time in QS world rankings
Of 76 UK universities in 2019 rankings 41 have improved in best ever performance. More...
Top 200 universities in the world 2019 - the table
Top 200 universities in the world 2019: Oxford beats Cambridge
The latest QS world university rankings reveal that Oxford is top in the UK for the first time – although the US still leads overall. More...
Economics and medicine graduates earn most, finds report
Salary uplift of some degrees in UK exceeds that gained from private education, says study. More...
Most lawyers recommended to be judges went to state schools, data shows
Figures for England and Wales show greater social mobility but racial diversity ‘not happening fast enough’. More...
Teaching off-the-shelf curricula does university students a disservice
In the US, I was coerced into teaching a prepackaged course that stifled creativity. I fear UK universities are not far behind. More...
Let Oxford stump up the cash for better adult education
But moves are under way to use next year as a chance to raise the profile of adult learning. The centenary of an epic report on adult education, produced by the wartime Ministry of Reconstruction and published in 1919 and which set the framework for educating adults for much of the last century, is a spark to set our ambitions alight. More...
Post-school education in England attacked in Lords report
Tertiary education in England is heavily skewed in favour of universities, but offers poor value for money for students and the economy, according to a critical report by the House of Lords. More...