The week in higher education - 12 September 2013
Last week, Times Higher Education reported that management academics at Swansea University may be placed on teaching-only contracts unless they can offer four papers judged to be at least 3* in...
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Mature put off by rising costs
Independent Commission on Fees sounds warning over applicant numbers
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Course ratings by the Class of 2009
Almost two-thirds of students who graduated in 2008-09 still thought their courses were good value for money three and a half years later, a survey has found
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Russell Group university expands student intake by 1,000
Winners emerge in tug-of-war for ABB students
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Two-year degree cohort still below 2002-03 levels
But Hesa data offer signs of hope for shorter courses
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Manchester Met outreach aims to meet public halfway
Hip programme targets the groups others cannot reach
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Newman v-c calls for union of Catholic institutions
Leader hopes for cooperative, ‘values-driven’ federation
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Oxford scraps postgrad financial guarantee policy
University rethinks stance after claim that the demand discriminated against poor students
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Don’t be precious, sector’s teacher educators told
Schools can add much to training, says the head of new Sheffield Institute of Education
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Turkey: the next prime location for overseas recruitment?
UK and US universities could profit from growing appetite for study abroad, says report
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Middle Eastern academies gauge governance for first time
World Bank study weighs strengths and flaws of universities in wake of Arab Spring
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Universities should be able to individualise their lecturer training programmes, says HEA head
Higher Education Academy chief executive Stephanie Marshall explains her plans for institutions to have autonomy over staff CPD
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Breadth v depth
I am about to begin my 20th year of teaching in the UK: 12 years at Lancaster University and now in my eighth year at the University of Aberdeen
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Huge variation in US academics’ pay
Alan Ryan reflects on the lack of uniformity in salaries for leaders of American higher education institutions
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Rocket Girl: The Story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America’s First Female Rocket Scientist, by George D. Morgan
Margaret Weitekamp on a woman who helped get the US space programme off the ground