State school pupils do better at university than those from private schools with the same grades, according to a new report which recommends the increased use of contextual data in admissions.
Students across the UK are this week taking part in what organisers believe will be the biggest public debate on animal research ever held.
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2013-2014, published on 3 October 2013, saw the continued rise of top universities in East Asia - particularly in Singapore, Japan, South Korea...
Download the podcastPay inequalities in higher education institutions, the evolution of research assessment and Sir Andrew Witty’s report on universities and growth are all covered in this week’s...
Witty recommends more collaboration, more funding and more weight for impact in REF
Sunderland and Ulster introduce fingerprinting systems
Original vision lost in scramble for profit and repackaging of old ideas, say pair
Gareth Williams laments the decline of higher education research since its heyday following an influential report
Playing the system - Research assessment, then and now
Source: AlamyFollow me, I’m a business leader“Lady Bottomley has got it smack on.”That was the enthusiastic response of our vice-chancellor to the recent prediction by Baroness Bottomley of...
The unhealthy drive to score maximum REF points can cause universities to lose perspective as well as humanity
Reasons for withdrawal of legal action on eve of hearing remain unclear
University hails no-strings pilot’s success
United StatesFraternity’s naked ploy backfiresA fraternity at a private liberal arts college in the US has drawn criticism for using pictures of naked women on recruitment materials. The Phi Psi...
These images form part of a forthcoming exhibition about the Victorian magazine Punch taking place at Liverpool John Moores University in celebration of the opening of the institution’s new Special...