15 August 2013
Unintended results - What A‑level reforms might mean for the sector
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The week in higher education
Since taking over last year at the Office for Fair Access, Les Ebdon’s tactic for avoiding publicity has been to make all his pronouncements as boring as possible. But that does not keep people off...
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Leader - Don’t get too comfortable
Sector braces itself for second round of admissions since start of government’s big higher education ‘experiment’
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Competition questions over rule that restricts applications to Oxbridge
Oxford and Cambridge agreement could amount to breach of competition law, say experts
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Asian century? Not just yet
Table shows scant evidence of global power shift towards Asian institutions. David Matthews writes
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Girls clean up in the Ucas points sweepstakes
But data show that grades in each subject may be rather more equal. David Matthews writes
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Is proofreading permissible?
Academics lack guidance on foreign students’ use of proofreaders. David Matthews reports
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Door shut on student visa sponsorship programme
A partnership helping students to work in the UK has been cut short. David Matthews writes
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Odds and quads
Ceramic cabbages, knitted cauliflowers and caterpillars, birds made of stone and metal, dancing daffodils, even a hive of porcelain bees: all formed part of the allotment created by the Manchester...
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No one listens to us, say 40 per cent of respondents to THE Best University Workplace Survey
Early results of THE staff survey show 40% feel their opinions go unheard. Chris Parr reports
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Black studies centre tackles monochrome campuses
UK Centre for Research in Black Studies aims to tackle on-campus inequality. Jack Grove reports
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News in brief
United StatesPolitical squeezeA major US funding agency will not allocate cash to any new political science research for the remainder of 2013. The National Science Foundation took the decision less...
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News in brief
Widening participationStill a struggle below poverty lineChildren from the poorest families remain about half as likely to enter higher education as their more affluent peers, according to government...
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Campus round-up
For good growth, add soap and waterChildren under the age of five who have access to clean water and soap are half a centimetre taller than those who lack such basics, a study shows. The Cochrane...
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Not all students are social media butterflies
Educators should not assume that all young people are old hands online, research shows. Jon Marcus reports