REF 2014 results prompt business schools to make funding call
The Association of Business Schools has called on the government and funding councils to reverse the decline in funding for management research
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Degree standards: time to call time on the monopolists
Emran Mian argues for standardisation in setting of exams
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A-level students increasingly missing predicted mark
Growing numbers of A-level students are failing to achieve their predicted grades, posing a challenge for university admission tutors
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The 20 most-read Times Higher Education articles of 2014
We reveal the stories that have topped the THE website’s most-read lists over the past twelve months
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£50m postgrad funding dished out to universities
Disabled students and those from disadvantaged groups are to benefit from £50 million of support to continue their studies at postgraduate level.
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Willetts attacks May plan on overseas students
David Willetts has criticised “mean-spirited” plans by his Tory colleague Theresa May to put further restrictions on overseas students
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May plans on international students would be ‘damaging’
Theresa May is reported to be drawing up plans to send all overseas students back home once they finish their courses.
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Research funders must club together to address grand challenges
Paper from Science Europe says not enough done at EU level for fundamental interdisciplinary research
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Undergraduate teaching cost put at less than £8k
Teaching postgraduates costs £11,300 on average while the figure for undergraduates is £7,700, according to a study for England’s funding council.
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HE in FE report finds room for improvement
Nearly one in three English further education colleges offering higher education that were reviewed last year have been told to make improvements
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REF 2014: winners and losers in 'intensity' ranking
Alternative ranking of REF results maps university performance against the proportion of eligible staff submitted.
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Ucas report suggests fall in entrance grades at selective universities
The proportion of university applicants entering the most selective institutions with the highest grades has continued to fall, a new report says
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REF year saw more on teaching-only contracts
More academics were employed on teaching-only contracts around the time of the research excellence framework deadline, new figures show
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Oxbridge graduates start on £8K more than post-92 alumni
Graduates of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge start on salaries that are £7,600, or 42 per cent, higher than those from post-92 institutions
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REF 2014: Is London now dominant?
The results of the research excellence framework have triggered claims that London universities are challenging the longstanding dominance of Oxbridge