Going to university may seem “increasingly fanciful” in the next few years as the funding crisis begins to bite, the new president of the National Union of Students has said.Aaron Porter told a...
Academics at the University of Glasgow have voted in favour of strike action in protest at planned cuts.In a University and College Union ballot, 76 per cent of participants were in favour of strike...
The government has announced that non-protected departmental budgets will be cut by an average of 25 per cent over the next four years.The announcement was made by the Chancellor in today’s emergency...
By Elizabeth Redden, for Inside Higher Ed
Postgraduate students have praised the quality of teaching they receive, but many remain unsatisfied with the feedback they are given about their work.A total of 32,638 students responded to the...
First woman to lead the institution will bring her own ‘distinctive strengths’ to the role. Sarah Cunnane reports
The number of students aspiring to go to university would drop “dramatically” if annual tuition fees were to rise to £7,000, according to a survey.Of 2,700 young people who took part in an Ipsos MORI...
The Royal Family’s humanity and fallibility are strengths, not weaknesses, argues A. W. Purdue
Universities have refused to compromise in an ongoing row with the Scottish Funding Council over how to allocate funds for knowledge exchange.
Geoffrey Hill has been elected the University of Oxford’s new professor of poetry
Students who take two-year undergraduate degrees achieve better results than those who study for the standard three years, a conference will hear today.An evaluation of the fast-track degrees carried...
The spirit of #loveHE was displayed in abundance in Mayfair last night as an awards ceremony showcased the best in administrative excellence in the sector. The second annual Times Higher Education...
Asian higher education is on the rise in a success story that is shaking up the global order. Simon Marginson explains the importance of the Confucian model to the region's progress, while Philip...
Although his reforms have attracted criticism, Richard Descoings, the head of Sciences Po, tells Atossa Araxia Abrahamian that he is determined to fashion a modern, outward-looking institution with a...
In an austere climate for publishing, one innovation is booming: brief studies of single films or TV shows. Diane Negra considers the commercial and scholarly implications