Students urged to inflate national survey marks to improve job options
'No one will employ you if they think your degree is shit,' says Kingston lecturer. Melanie Newman writes
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Budget forecasts may hide risks, says Hefce
Pay and pension costs, rising levels of borrowing and tougher competition for overseas students are among the key financial risks confronting English universities.While the sector is generally in...
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Working-class students have the right stuff to succeed
Rebecca Attwood reports on a study that puts paid to idea that non-traditional entrants are 'high risk'
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UK told to look to India for a lesson in access
The vice-chancellor of one of the UK's leading widening access universities has said that lessons can be learnt from the expansion under way in Indian higher education.Caroline Gipps of the...
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Don't tell Mum: academic censured for discussing son's course load
Answer to a mother's query made 'illicit disclosures' of personal data. Melanie Newman reports
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A beat in time strikes a chord on YouTube
Five metronomes, two empty drink cans and a physicist have combined to create a surprise internet hit.A video of a strangely mesmerising experiment by Alireza Bahraminasab has been watched more than...
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Amnesty works to save lecturer from Saudi lash
An academic is pursuing a last-ditch appeal against a sentence of 150 lashes and eight months in prison for meeting a woman at a coffee shop in Saudi Arabia.Muhammad Ali Abu Raziza, a lecturer in...
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Scant Welsh rise may deter research stars
Funding could fall behind inflation and discourage high-flyers, official says. Chloe Stothart reports
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Schwartz drives radical reforms
Former Brunel chief brings 'education for life' to Australia's Macquarie University. John Gill reports
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Overseas briefing
IndiaWeak foreign partners unwelcome"Third-grade" Western universities are not welcome in India, the higher education minister has said. Arjun Singh, speaking to an Indian newspaper, said that some...
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'This is a big job needing to be done very quickly'
With physicists desperate to reverse cuts, a lot rides on Bill Wakeham's review. Zoe Corbyn writes
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Poor data may put teaching cash at risk
Sector's 'lack of rigour' in tallying expenditure may undermine future budgets, writes Rebecca Attwood
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English scholars digest a Dickens of a change
It gave students a chance to catch up on their work - or, for some, to get some extra sleep - but now "reading week" is to end in one university's English department.The mid-semester week off from...
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Funding council speaks up for QR
Hefce restates its case for blue-skies cash in a bid to circumvent potential cuts, reports Zoe Corbyn
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The Week in Higher Education
"Is this the end for the next generation of original thinkers?" The Independent asked on 8 May. In an article about the imposition of tight deadlines for completing PhDs, it quoted Gina Wisker,...