Durham looks at bond route to fund capital projects
Council gives go-ahead to consider using bond to fill gap left by public funding cuts
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Social sciences targeted in ‘ideological’ war on research
Calls to restrict fields’ funds and scope of study alarm US academics
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Contact lenses
However you cost student contact time, it is very expensive. A crude estimate can be made by dividing tuition fees by contact hours – £9,000 for 300 hours’ contact comes to £30 an hour, which is...
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Report card for sector
HEA study finds efforts to promote pedagogy have yet to pay off. Jack Grove reports
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Osborne drops £150m undergraduate NSP, but s ector will still have to pay
Offa chief: £150m committed by universities now part of access agreements
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Mersey heat
Professors criticise Liverpool’s ‘unprecedented’ industrial relations tactics. Jack Grove writes
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Parent tap: open days for mums and dads may lead to donations
Universities aim for credit at bank of mum and dad in high fees era. Chris Parr reports
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QAA review U-turn is music to for-profit’s ears
Watchdog backs down after institutional appeal for second time
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Time is money: cumulative spending per OECD student
The UK spends $43,463 (£28,350) per student over the course of their higher education studies, data from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development show.Figures in Education at a...
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After Willetts, the right-wing deluge?
But universities minister odds-on to stay put in the event of July reshuffle. John Morgan reports
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UCU condemns ‘unsettling’ role-matching test
Union passes motion of no confidence in University of Northampton’s restructuring exercise
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Qualified praise for hammer of the Welsh
Institutions have mostly favourable recollections of Welsh minister’s term. David Matthews writes
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Durham may take bond route to fund capital projects
Council gives go-ahead to fill gap left by public funding cuts
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Gone in 180 seconds
Years of research in 180 seconds. Elizabeth Gibney, one of the competition judges, reports from 3MT
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News in brief
Women in scienceThey’re gone – but why and where?The Lords Science and Technology Committee is to carry out an inquiry into why so many women drop out of academic science. Its notice announcing the...