UK’s first Palestinian deputy v-c to mix management with conceptual art
Bashir Makhoul reflects on the roots of his creativity and his academic vision for Birmingham City University
Search
-
-
Canada looks to overseas students to rejuvenate ageing population
Students viewed by government as welcome immigrants, but questions over capacity and provincial policies remain
-
Student visa fraud: universities and governments ‘must be proactive’
Canada’s provincial system ‘allows more room for corruption’, says OBHE researcher
-
China funds construction of Africa’s largest university library
Project at Tanzanian institution has $40 million budget
-
Newcastle University ‘to drop draconian research targets’
Marking boycott ends after UCU says managers agree to scrap ‘unfair’ targets
-
Students at US for-profit colleges see 'decline in earnings and rise in debt'
Study of 1.4 million students raises concerns about the US for-profit sector
-
Praise for strike pay donation
The call by Sally Hunt, general secretary of the University and College Union, for universities to donate strike pay for student bursaries should be applauded (“Sally Hunt: universities should ‘...
-
‘Bizarre’ TEF metrics overlook so much about teaching excellence
There are problems with the selection of teaching excellence framework metrics, argues Paul Ashwin
-
‘We are tough’: a rector’s fight against corruption in Kazakhstan
Krzysztof Rybiński on changing Narxoz University’s culture and the lure of ‘the best meat in the world’
-
Half of USS members to take top-up pension
Most taking part in new scheme will withdraw their extra pension as cash, finds report
-
California approves bill to limit out-of-state student numbers
Audit of University of California system finds that institution enrolled less-qualified non-resident students to boost revenue
-
Regius professorships: universities hosting 12 new posts unveiled
First Regius posts for Wales and Northern Ireland in expansion marking Queen's 90th birthday
-
Shakespeare scholar vents 500-tweet ‘bitterly sarcastic’ attack on book
Holger Syme’s three-week live-tweet reading brings scathing response from author Sir Brian Vickers
-
Universities should lead the fight for gender equality in business
Academia, like the business world, has a long way to go in the battle for equality and must do more, says Maggie Dallman