The tough hand dealt to young people
Theresa May’s tweaks to tuition fees may not be enough to quell the disquiet over the current system, says John Gill

Theresa May’s tweaks to tuition fees may not be enough to quell the disquiet over the current system, says John Gill

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In the wake of last month’s freshers’ week activities at universities throughout the country, many students are going through a time of transition as they get used to being away from home, establish...
Reading “Online courses ‘more time-consuming’ to prepare for, study says” (News, 21 September), I had to remind myself as to the non-urban areas in which bears, generally, answer the call of nature....
It’s hard to know what to say in response to a proposed target for 70 per cent of young people to enter higher education, because the 50 per cent target was insane (“UK urged to set 70 per cent...
“Authors Richard Wilding and Emel Aktas found that there was no correlation between staff-to-student ratios, which they treat as a proxy for class sizes, and the TEF awards” (“‘No link’ between class...
I am an administrator in an academic department and suffer far greater resource envy than pay envy, appalled though I am by the different percentage increase between classes of staff. Our workloads...

Teaching students to attribute their failures to factors within their control can lead to big gains, say Rodney Clifton, Gabor Csepregi and Masha Krylova

Countries with the most open immigration policies for scholars have stronger scientific impact, reports suggest

What brings joy? This week, as part of our week of articles on #HEhappiness, academics from five disciplines address this most difficult of questions

Matthew Reisz considers different styles of scholarship and whether we are forced to choose between them

Proposals ‘reverse the trend’ of falling spending, says research minister