Research universities ‘should lead on higher apprenticeships'
The UK’s top research-intensive universities should lead the way in the delivery of high-level apprenticeships which have same status as degrees
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A virtuous girdle round the earth in three steps
Source: Reuters A revamped methodology has boosted the position of BRIC nations in the table, but the big Anglo-American names still reign supreme, writes Phil Baty. As president of ETH Zürich, one...
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Ahead of the curve
Source: Corbis Edinburgh has been a global brand since the 16th century and continues to lead the internationalisation agenda today, argues Sir Timothy O’Shea. In an age of mission statements and...
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Trust exercises
Michigan’s long-term commitment in West and East Africa provides a rich model for symbiotic global education, argues Mark S. Schlissel. Research universities have enormous potential to deliver...
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King’s College London to use former BBC World Service HQ
King’s is to take over Bush House, the former home of the BBC World Service
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Allocate teacher training places ‘on different timetable’, event hears
Places for initial teacher training should be allocated on a two- or three-year cycle to ease budgeting and staffing concerns at universities
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Greg Clark: research should not just rely on science budget
The Haldane principle must not be a “prison” that stops research from accessing “substantial sums of money” from areas outside the science budget
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Black graduates ‘still face racial bias in job market’, US study suggests
By Jake New, for Inside Higher Ed
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Moocs could be ‘major recruitment tool’, says FutureLearn’s Simon Nelson
Massive open online courses will be one of the most important tools for recruiting overseas students over the next five years, a conference has heard
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Teacher training reform called for in Wales
The need for reforming teacher training in Wales is “undeniable” if the country is to raise standards, a new report has stated
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Top Cambridge degrees ‘more than double’
The proportion of students scoring top degrees at the University of Cambridge has increased significantly since 1960, according to a new analysis
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Les Ebdon pulls out of event attended by ‘loan-day lender’
England’s university access tsar boycotted a conference on student welfare after a controversial lending firm was also invited to speak
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Edinburgh and other research-intensives lose out in funding reshuffle
A major reorganisation of quality-related funding in Scotland will take money away from the “ancient” universities and hand it to newer institutions
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9 fascinating images from Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
First scientific journal reaches 350 year milestone
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Gender bias ‘rife’ in history departments, says report
Conditions for female academics in some university history departments “smack still of the 1970s”, according to a new report