Author: John HanniganEdition: FirstPublisher: Polity PressPages: 256Price: £55.00 and £16.99ISBN: 9780745650685 and 0692The impression that the world is suffering from increasingly extreme natural...
Emirate’s flagship aims to integrate partners in postgraduate programmes as part of ‘2030’ plan
Having been away of late, I am only now able to respond to Simon Blackburn’s review of my book Imagining the University (“Creative steps to po-po-mo heaven”, 31 January).First, the role of any...
I agree with your conclusions about Prime Minister David Cameron’s potentiallyencouraging statement in India on student visas (“Talk of fair play is not enough”, Leader, 21 February). While it is...
Regarding “Classification reform will display your ‘Tutu’ and your average number” (News, 21 February). We were interested to note that Oxford Brookes University is to publish a grade-point average...
The Sutton Trust’s recent report on the “postgraduate premium” shows that postgraduate education is the new frontier of widening participation (“Postgraduate premium’ fuels vicious cycle of social...
Alan Ryan is quite right in advocating an emphasis on primary education (“Build from the ground up”, Opinion, 14 February). When the old Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals first supported...
As a long-established educational developer without an institutional subscription or a local university library, I am a strong supporter of open access (“Fools’ gold”, 14 February). However, in an...
They say ‘lessons have been learned’ after Research Councils UK is condemned for lack of dialogue
Bad apples who cheat may at times beat the system, but their misdeeds should not taint the honest and ethical majority
Research gains in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Korea are not necessarily in their strongest suits, finds Thomson Reuters
Private university’s new course awaits General Medical Council approval as critics decry projected £144,000 price
“A wonderful opportunity.” That was how Louise Bimpson, corporate director of our ever-expanding Human Resources team, reacted to news that The Hub Events training organisation (motto “Fresh Ideas,...
Rotters, not rotten - How does a discipline survive a series of scandals?
AustraliaIndian pipeline running dryThe number of Indian students starting at Australian universities has dropped by almost a quarter, according to government body Australian Education International...