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A very special Happy New Year from people you hardly know
Yes, that's right. In an exciting new venture, we are devoting this edition of The Poppletonian to New Year messages from some of those loyal servants of the university who labour away without the...
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Leader: 'Perfect on paper' may lack spark
Universities need to hire the best people for the job, but demanding PhDs from all is not the way to do it
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Doctoral-level thinking: non-PhDs need not apply
Third of sector expects staff to hold qualification, FoI request shows. Elizabeth Gibney reports
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QAA pursues no-risk legal strategy with support from taxpayer guaranteed
The Quality Assurance Agency will be bailed out by the taxpayer if it is sued by a private college that fails an inspection, it has emerged.
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Don't you kids know who I am?
‘Probably the most significant medieval historian’ rounds on absentee students. Paul Jump writes
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Troubling FX as Falmouth forces staff to go private
Unions protest over transfer of academic support services to external firm. Jack Grove reports
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Insurance against UK Border raids 'essential'
The UK higher education sector has concluded that an insurance scheme to guarantee international students a fees refund or alternative places should their course or university close down is “...
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Let's cut the chat - you don't have much time left
University efforts to make it easier to remove fixed-term staff anger unions. Jack Grove writes
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Hefce's fair access plans for ABB extension
Selective universities could be granted extra student numbers to allow them to admit disadvantaged applicants with potential but without the highest grades.
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Sociologist's redundancy may trigger strike
A sociology lecturer at the University of Birmingham is at the centre of a redundancy row that could lead to industrial action among the institution’s 1,000 University and College Union members.
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On or off the books? Let the MPs decide
NAO and PAC study of student loans should look at public oversight, experts argue. John Morgan writes
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If you want to make it with Moocs, you must stand out from the crowd
Edinburgh’s chief information officer offers advice for Futurelearn platform. Chris Parr reports
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Montagu directors hold Law's academic reins
The private equity firm that owns the UK’s first for-profit university will have a say in controlling the institution’s academic authority.
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Inequitable and ineffectual?
Three-tier teaching bursaries for certain subjects may not work, says educator. John Elmes reports