8 March 2012
Restricted diet - How the National Student Survey sacrifices brain food for ‘satisfaction’
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Leader: Exit the comfort zone
To truly satisfy students, the academy must push them to go for the burn intellectually, not mollycoddle them
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Odds and quads
John Gay's celebrated "ballad opera", The Beggar's Opera, was written in 1728. These striking wax figures - of Elsie French as Mrs Peachum and Violet Marquesita as Lucy Lockit - were created by...
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FE colleges win over half of lower fee student places
Anglia Ruskin University and London Metropolitan University are the biggest winners in the allocation of 20,000 “margin” student places for next year, but 155 further education colleges have grabbed...
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So long and thanks for all the restructuring
The head of the London College of Communication has resigned after several days of negotiations with senior managers over her future.
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Independents dominate in UCU election results
Independent candidates have triumphed in the University and College Union elections by snapping up almost three-quarters of the contested places on its national executive committee.
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Share of graduates in low-skilled work rises
More than one in three recent graduates are working in lower-skilled jobs compared with around one in four a decade ago, according to new data from the Office of National Statistics.
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Inside Higher Ed: Off limits
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Universities failing to consult students on access - NUS
Two-thirds of universities have failed to adequately consult students on their access agreements, the National Union of Students has claimed.
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'Name and shame' threat to universities over low pay
Two unions have threatened to use a new campaign to "name and shame" universities that fail to award all staff a "living wage".The National Union of Students and Unison said all employees in higher...
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Sally Hunt wins landslide in UCU general secretary poll
Sally Hunt has been re-elected as general secretary of the University and College Union after defeating her only opponent Mark Campbell by a margin of 6,835 votes and gaining 73 per cent of the...
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Controversial head of college 'suspended'
The head of a higher education college criticised for her management style and handling of course cuts has been suspended from her full role, Times Higher Education understands.
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University manager numbers rising 'twice as fast as academics'
The percentage increase in the number of managers in higher education in recent years is more than twice that for academics, an analysis of new figures has suggested. Data released by the Higher...
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Weapon of Mass Education
Some v-cs took fright when Les Ebdon stated his readiness to use the 'nuclear option' to enforce access agreements as head of Offa. What does that say about the state of the sector? asks Martin...