November term start proposed for post-qualification applications
University and College Union revives call for admissions shake-up in hope of making unconditional offers ‘defunct’
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The six-year fight to erase university foundation’s Nazi ties
Campaigners for change say universities need to be more proactive and systematic in investigating their benefactors’ pasts
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Australia considers formalised recognition of micro-credentials
Questions around quality assurance, regulation and where certificates from courses such as Moocs belong on the qualifications ladder
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Is grade inflation weakening the value of higher education?
Brian Poole asks if grade and credential inflation has resulted in too many degree holders chasing too few jobs
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Rare US college serving black women in fight for survival
Bennett College seen as exemplifying challenges faced by small, private, minority-serving and women-only institutions
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‘No evidence’ that luxury laboratories lead to better science
New book explores proliferation of ‘starchitect’-designed facilities
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Elite colleges should use a lottery to admit students
Choosing applicants to top institutions like Harvard by lottery is a fairer and more economical process, argues Natasha Warikoo
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THE podcast: interview with Qatar University president Hassan Al-Derham
Ahead of THE’s Emerging Economies Summit 2019, Sara Custer speaks with the host university's president
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Online university courses for the masses fail to materialise
In five years, Moocs go from dream of universal education to limited service for higher-end customers
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Writtle fined £250K over shortfall on promised outreach spending
Essex institution becomes second institution to be hit by Office for Students access penalty
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Piecemeal Australian reforms ‘could cost more than they save’
Lowering of student loan repayment threshold to recoup an extra A$20 million (£11.3 million) but cost A$19 million
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Brexit, xenophobia and foreign students: combating ‘public paranoia’ over immigration
People are about 15 per cent more likely to favour capping the number of international students when primed to think about them “crowding out” domestic students
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Australia: graduate employment and employer satisfaction rise
But graduates from more affluent backgrounds fare better, survey finds
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Alumni oppose Australian university’s name-change proposal
Petition opposing Charles Sturt University’s plan attracts more than 5,000 signatures
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Letters – 10 January 2019
Civic role vital to winning long-term security In his leading article “A defining moment” (3 January), John Gill starts with a question: what are universities for? He then suggests with some...