Transnational students ‘more likely to progress to postgraduate courses’
A combination of short undergraduate courses and master’s programmes may be attractive to overseas students, Hefce says
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QAA reviews ‘could be abolished’
Institutional reviews by the Quality Assurance Agency could become a thing of the past in favour of more robust internal monitoring by universities themselves, a draft policy paper suggests.
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Aberdeen UCU members vote to strike over job losses
Union members at the University of Aberdeen have voted to strike in protest at the axing of 150 jobs.
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Could texting and tweeting in lectures be good for learning?
New study suggests using phones in class could actually be beneficial, provided students stay on topic
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Science inspired by fiction
A new series of short films reveals the often unexpected books that have inspired scientists at Cambridge.
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Glyndwr v-c attempts to draw line under university’s troubles
Glyndwr University’s new interim vice-chancellor Graham Upton has said the troubled institution is “on course for financial stability” despite a turbulent few years.
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Aston jobs at risk as part of review, UCU claims
Job losses could be in prospect at Aston University, with the institution saying it has to “look at how we do things” in the light of more higher education cuts.
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Science is Vital calls on new science minister to boost research budget
Lobby group presses the case for UK science in the wake of BIS cuts of almost half a billion pounds
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How universities played their part in revolutions
A conference will explore the role of “Universities in Revolution and State Formation” all the way from 19th-century Sicily to the Arab Spring.
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Offa launches review of bursary impact
The Office for Fair Access is to review how much poorer students benefit from financial support while at university.
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Universities in firing line as BIS faces almost half a billion in new cuts
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced the government department covering higher education will have its budget for this year cut by a further £450 million.
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University of Reading announces restructure for systems engineering
Institution may close one of its engineering schools after a 'disappointing result' in the research excellence framework
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Defer to whose expertise?
Perhaps Michael Heaney should test his claims by becoming a daily reader in the University of Oxford’s libraries himself, although he does confirm that the priority for that physical book collection...
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THE podcast: 4-10 June 2015 issue review
This week's issue discussed by the Times Higher Education team
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The criminal neglect of detective fiction
Why does the academy treat the genre so disrespectfully? Richard Bradford investigates