Course corrections for a revolutionary age
An ‘unconference’ inspires Kevin Fong to rethink his lecture material

An ‘unconference’ inspires Kevin Fong to rethink his lecture material

Emma Rees offers a time-sensitive account of the start of term

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Imperial College London has moved its Translation Studies Unit to University College London.

Three more universities - two from England and one from New Zealand - have signed up to FutureLearn, the UK’s massive open online course provider.

A youth mentor has defended Oxbridge against charges of racial bias in admissions, earning a standing ovation at the Conservative Party conference.

A students’ union vice-president was arrested after objecting to the conduct of police officers searching for drugs at a university party.

Universities were guilty in the past of “extracting money” from business school students without giving them good quality teaching.

Lib Dem Business Secretary on immigration, fees and Willetts’ future

A vice-chancellor has declared he is “fed up with employers telling us our students are not employment ready”.
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An MP close to David Willetts has admitted defeat on hopes to withdraw students from net migration figures in the near future.

Emran Mian on the questions that bothered him while working on the Browne Review, and which bother him still