Government banks on £10bn sale of student loan book
Announcement comes as new details emerge about increased science capital budget
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YouTube academic among new teaching fellows
A chemistry professor whose lessons have been viewed on YouTube by thousands of students across the world is one of this year’s winners of the Higher Education Academy’s National Teaching Fellowships.
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Graduates join ranks of young non-professionals
More than a third of recent graduates in work are doing jobs that do not require a degree, new figures show.
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The week in higher education - 27 June 2013
Britain’s best-known student society has been embroiled in its “dirtiest election in living memory”, The Daily Telegraph reported on 19 June. Allegations of blackmail, computer hacking and sexism...
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Sound financial principles
As the sector maps a funding environment where donations loom ever larger, ethical guidance wouldn’t go amiss
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On visas, coalition’s word is bond – literally
Government’s latest scheme already seen as insult abroad
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Derby biologists’ lonely hearts club strand
Students offered ‘fun, novel’ way to learn how to write paper ‘abstracts’
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Sussex students step down from senate
Management would not listen to alternative views, duo state
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Groups of student reps give better feedback
Kingston scheme encourages feedback from all types of undergraduates
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Return universities to education department, says former minister
Transfer should be reversed to improve widening participation, Bill Rammell says
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PhD foundation stone for architecture lectureship ‘ageist’
Applicant takes Kent to tribunal over doctorate criterion
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News in brief - 27 June 2013
International competition‘Soft power’ diverted EastThe British Council has warned that China and other Asian nations are racing ahead of the West in their efforts to bring cultural “soft power” to...
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News in brief - 27 June 2013
United StatesTexas regency period continuesThe governor of Texas has vetoed a bill that would have reined in the influence of university governing boards. Rick Perry refused to ratify the higher...
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Grant winners - 27 June 2013
Royal SocietyWolfson Research Merit AwardsAwards are worth £10,000-£30,000 a year, which is a salary enhancementAward winner: Veronique GouverneurInstitution: University of OxfordThe importance of...
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Campus round-up - 27 June 2013
Source: GettyOne, two, tree…A project to map every tree in the UK has been launched and members of the public are being asked to help. Treezilla, an Open University initiative, aims to create a...