Teaching grant may be sliced to make the cut, some suggest
Time needed to shift to maintenance loans means BIS savings will have to come from elsewhere, sector believes

Time needed to shift to maintenance loans means BIS savings will have to come from elsewhere, sector believes

Senior figures worry that the UK is lagging behind the innovators and entrepreneurs pushing the frontiers of higher education

Comic conclusions on the world of doctoral study
Sir Tim Hunt made some spectacularly inept remarks about women in science, which are rightly being thoroughly ridiculed. He taught me as an undergraduate, and I have run into him over the years since...
The article on grant income targets identifies Abertay University as one of 11 universities that set “grant-winning goals” for individual academics (“Grant goals set for staff at one in six campuses...
From reading G. R. Evans’ piece on outsourcing the duties of the Quality Assurance Agency, it seems that others are beginning to notice that the changes being made to our assurance systems contain...
The article on allowing British students to use state loans for fees abroad struck a chord with me (“David Willetts: allow student loans to be used abroad”, 2 June). I, too, spoke at the British...
Laurie Taylor provides his usual incisive perspective on current issues in higher education by poking gentle fun at the changing roles of academic librarians (“The Dewey, Dewey Fog”, The Poppletonian...
Despite the best efforts of the widening participation initiative, the attainment gap in higher education between black and minority ethnic students and their white counterparts remains. The breadth...
The University of Cambridge plans to appoint a LEGO professor of play in education, development and learning (“Cambridge LEGO professor and research centre: price tag £4m”, 11 June). Guided by The...

THELMAs 2015 winners The winners were announced on 18 June 2015 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. THELMAs 2014 winners The winners were announced on 17 June 2014 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in...

Our universities are not only among our most valuable national assets, they are also incredibly complex and demanding institutions in which to work. The pressures on those responsible for guiding...

Former minister’s policy pamphlet outlines possible cost-saving approach