THE podcast: 11 July 2013 issue review
Download the podcastThe 10 truths your PhD supervisor will never tell you, changes to university regulations, a community engagement scheme at the University of Brighton, and Michael Sandel are among...
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Robbins: a truly golden anniversary
Paul Temple celebrates the report that widened access as never before
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Cost-benefit analysis of student visa regime
Major study quantifies price of immigration regulation
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A Child of One’s Own: Parental Stories by Rachel Bowlby
Bryony Randall lauds an insightful and overdue study of literary representations of parenting
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State overreacts to boat-race protest
Geraldine Van Bueren berates the government for its disproportionate response to Trenton Oldfield’s actions
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News in brief - 11 July 2013
United StatesFish rots from financial head?Senior academics at a US university believe that its financial management “is doing irreparable harm” to the institution and urge the dismissal of its chief...
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News in brief - 11 July 2013
Graduate employmentJob lot: results do varyStudents entering university from state schools perform better than the expected benchmark for securing a job after graduation compared with the privately...
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Conference trains spotlight on zero-hours contracts
Students will demand ‘full-time professionals’, it is claimed, but others say the contracts will increase
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Schwartz tells universities to ‘act like social enterprises’
Institutions must fulfil their historic mission of developing student potential, says former vice-chancellor
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Moocs: another weapon in the outreach armoury
Edinburgh’s principal tells conference that universities can target disadvantaged schoolchildren via the online courses
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European Investment Bank drops universities’ capital loans threshold to £70m
Smaller institutions unlikely to benefit from revised low-cost lending terms
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The best answer is still RTFM
Countless college and university presidents and deans have written memoirs over the years in hopes of providing both brilliant insights and practical guidelines. Most such works reprint or modestly...
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QAA appeals must be made public
Too much hangs on them for secrecy to reign, argues Geoffrey Alderman
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Academy must embrace new technology
Technological change is scary but we must adapt to survive, says Kevin Fong
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Gulf hopes for higher education streams
Online provision appeals to cash-strapped, unstable nations