OECD questions UK graduates’ literacy and numeracy
Piaac survey also calls comparability of degree standards into question
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The week in higher education - 10 October 2013
Freshers’ Week might have put a dent in its alcohol stocks, but Leeds University Union wasn’t counting on a delivery of 4,000 bottles of Jägermeister. The consignment, which is enough for 112,000...
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Music and the ‘Mickey Mouse’ degree debate
Discord over vocational and theoretical aspects of music study in the 19th century still resonates in today’s debates about higher education’s purpose
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ELQ relaxation is good but part-timers need more aid and support
David Latchman welcomes reforms for restoring funding for some upskilling students, but argues the government should go further
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Publishing student evaluations of lecturers will improve teaching
Teachers will be motivated to improve if internal assessments are made public, says John Colley
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Athena SWAN gender equity charter spreads across sector
The scheme to boost women in science is widening its impact
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Losing side in the waiting game
Japan is a seniority-based society and academia is an elite men’s club, dominated by graduates of the highest-ranking universities. For those who work part-time in universities, particularly women,...
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Libraries combine to preserve vanishing sources online
Perma CC consortium aims to host primary source material for ever
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Peter Fawcett, 1942-2013
A British academic honoured by the French government for his major contributions to the understanding of French literature has died
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Compromise after Conflict gives peace a chance
Academic project aims for truth and reconciliation after the bloodshed
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Russell Group backs Oxford v-c on fee cap
The Russell Group has backed the University of Oxford vice-chancellor after he urged the government to allow a rise in tuition fees.
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Google signs agreement with Jisc
Internet giant Google has signed an agreement with Jisc, the higher education technology consortium.
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Computer modelling scientists win chemistry Nobel
Three scientists have won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for laying the foundations for the computer modelling of chemical processes.
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Commission report calls for private sector regulation
Private providers, including universities’ own offshoots, have been pinpointed as a major risk to English higher education in a new report.
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Oxford v-c says fees should better reflect its ‘16K costs’
The real cost of a University of Oxford education is £16,000 a year and the fees system should be better related to such an amount.