Teacher training students removed from NSS
University teacher training students will be asked not to take part in this year’s National Student Survey after the government withdrew funding
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Fee hike ‘has not driven teaching improvement’, says UUK panel
Raising tuition fees to £9,000 has not helped drive improvements in teaching despite the government’s insistence it would improve standards
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Online class sizes ‘may not matter’
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Dyson latest to criticise May plans
James Dyson has become the latest to criticise plans mooted by home secretary Theresa May’s to send overseas graduates home after their course
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Glyndwr University v-c Michael Scott departs
The vice-chancellor of Glyndwr University has suddenly left the troubled institution
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Blog: ‘Impact Not A Bad Thing Shocker’
Philip Cowley and Robert Ford describe a step change in their discipline’s engagement with the electorate
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Borat creator Sacha Baron Cohen to be focus of academic symposium
The comedy of Borat and Ali G creator Sacha Baron Cohen is to be the subject of an in-depth study by university scholars
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PhD employment data 'need to be richer'
PhD holders may not be securing a job as easily as some governments believe
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THE podcast: 1-7 January 2015 issue review
Download the podcastThe 2014 research excellence framework, the effectiveness of making unconditional offers to students and university governance are all discussed in this week’s issue review...
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Postgrad teacher training places boosted in Scotland
Funding to increase teacher training places at Scottish universities by more than 8 per cent has been announced by the Holyrood government
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Signs of pay restraint among Russell Group ‘fat cats’
Average v-c salary up by a modest £3,100 as scholar suggests ministers’ plea for pay restraint has worked
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Who are you? Four identities among doctoral scientists
The traditional view of the PhD student as an ‘academic apprentice’ is challenged by a study
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Judging REF 2014 was ‘inspiring and humbling’
The exercise was robust and positive, says Willy Maley, who found work on the English subpanel to be like ‘a well-run exam board’
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Leadership goal: more women at the top
The sector would do well to consider setting a target for the proportion of women heading universities, says Simonetta Manfredi
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Funding plea for humanities as life sciences crowned REF 2014 champion
Uplift in research quality in main panel A raises fears that funding could be concentrated at a handful of universities