Grant winners – 18 June 2015
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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Laurie Taylor - 18 June 2015
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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End of regular reviews could devalue UK’s quality currency
Irish regulator warns of potential threat of QAA’s move to risk-based review system
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V-cs bemoan constraints on educational innovation
Conservative university cultures cost UK in global leadership, chiefs complain
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Exeter v-c raises spectre of differentiation ‘car crash’
Sir Steve Smith shares concerns that funding pressures could lead to university ‘hierarchy’
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Time spent abroad may help UK students empathise with overseas peers
Nottingham Trent pro v-c aims to promote friendships across nationalities
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BIS shelves bids for degree-awarding powers during rules review
Applications suspended until audit of processes and guidance is complete
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Fall in graduate earnings premium
The graduate earnings premium has fallen over the past nine years, new data suggest
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Tackle laddish conduct more vigorously, OIA head says
Universities must address campus ‘drink culture’, whose consequences are reflected in adjudicator’s caseload, says Rob Behrens
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Rise in unconditional offers causes concerns about fairness
About 10 per cent of admissions staff say their university offers places over the phone on predicted grades alone, UCU survey finds
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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
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Losing our place in the vanguard?
Senior figures worry that the UK is lagging behind the innovators and entrepreneurs pushing the frontiers of higher education
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Piled Higher and Deeper, by Jorge Cham – 18 June 2015
Comic conclusions on the world of doctoral study