The mile is no longer a mile (2 of 2)
Neil Hopkins attributes the continuous improvement in A-level grades to better training. I hope that it is delivered as a supplement to education: my fear is that it is seen as a substitute for it....
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Caring hearts and minds (1 of 2)
Anthea Bain's letter ("No degrees in compassion", 18 August) is yet another depressing diatribe extolling the "good old days" of nursing and demonising current students and newly qualified nurses....
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Caring hearts and minds (2 of 2)
Retired nurses harking back to an imagined golden age of nursing that coincided with their youth need to read some history. The 1960s and 1970s saw episodes of appalling abuse and neglect committed...
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Fair is howl and howl is fair
In response to Katie Alcock's and Alice Bell's wide-ranging discussion of "exam howlers" (Opinion, 11 August), here is a sonnet on the subject (warning: the following poem contains real howlers):I...
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Will students be living the Hi-de-Hi life at Pontins?
Universities employ expensive pro vice-chancellors to oversee the “student experience” and spend hundreds of hours poring over survey results on student satisfaction.
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A fifth of graduate workers earn less than school-leavers
One in five graduates earn less than the average worker educated to A-level standard, new figures show.
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Annual list highlights cultural chasm between scholars and students
They are the internet generation that only remember the presidency of one George Bush and consider dial-up internet “sooooooo last century”.
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Biggest losers in sub-£7.5k auction revealed
The institutions that are set to lose the most student places as a result of plans to auction off 20,000 to cheaper institutions have been identified in a new analysis.
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Inside Higher Ed: Reign of the politician-chancellor
By Kevin Kiley, for Inside Higher Ed
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Matters of refinement
Phil Baty discusses the changes that will make the 2011-12 rankings even more accurate
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UCU to ballot for strike action at Middlesex
Lecturers at Middlesex University are to be balloted for strike action in a row over jobs.
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Legal challenge to ‘discriminatory’ Scottish fee regime
A human rights lawyer is planning to launch a legal challenge to the tuition fee arrangements in Scotland, where students from England, Wales and Northern Ireland will pay more than Scots and...
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Awards recognise support for women in science
A scheme which recognises efforts to support women in science has granted accreditation to 10 universities and academic departments in its latest round of awards.
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Locals force rethink on university expansion plan
A university has abandoned a bid to expand its estate in the face of a backlash from locals.
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Another year, another improvement in A-level pass rate
A-level pass rates have risen for the 29th successive year to 97.8 per cent, up from 97.6 per cent in 2010.