Psychology A level joins the sciences
New status will boost university-level teaching, the British Psychological Society hears. Faisal al Yafai reports. Reclassifying A-level psychology as a science will benefit the teaching of the...
New status will boost university-level teaching, the British Psychological Society hears. Faisal al Yafai reports. Reclassifying A-level psychology as a science will benefit the teaching of the...
A Hepi survey of students' experiences and expectations in the UK finds wide variation in what is offered by different institutions. Anthea Lipsett reports. Huge variations in the number of hours...
The results of a national student survey make salutary reading, with courses and access at new and old universities coming under fire The first-ever national survey of student satisfaction will prove...
A letter to this publication criticising the National Student Survey led to the abrupt departure of a senior official from the organisation presiding over teaching and learning in the UK and a storm...
Loughborough University has embarked on a recruitment and development drive designed to launch the institution on to the international stage. New posts will boost the four research schools set up...
Is dumbing down a reality on UK campuses? Most respondents to our online poll highlighted dangers to academic standards, but they were split about whether degrees are worth less than they were before...
Finding staff from abroad suits institutions and most of those hired, but there are downsides. Tony Tysome reports. For Adisa Azapagic, moving to Britain to pursue an academic career has brought more...
Almost a quarter of students at Edinburgh University have taken cocaine, according to a survey by a student newspaper, writes Olga Wojtas. The survey of 500 students was drafted by Sam Friedman, co-...
More than two thirds of lecturers are working an average of at least 11 hours of unpaid overtime every week, according to a new survey. The poll of over 1,000 university and college lecturers,...
When Birmingham University research fellow Silvia Ramos began teaching three years ago, it took her up to four hours to prepare for an hour's tutorial. Now she is a course supervisor for a fourth-...
INDIAN PM CRITICISES STATE OF ACADEME Most of India's universities are "below average", according to the nation's prime minister, Manmohan Singh. Speaking at Mumbai University, Mr Singh called for an...
The Times Higher has joined its data on trends with those used by The Times for its league tables. David Jobbins reports on the evolution of rankings University rankings - now a familiar feature of...
Budget cuts and an exodus of academics are wreaking havoc at once-great universities, reports Nathan Jeffay Albert Einstein, Sigmund Freud and Martin Buber stood together, unable to contain their...
Universities are using consultants posing as would-be students to test the 'customer care' skills of academics. Phil Baty reports Groups of fake students and their parents are being unleashed on...
The Australian Government is to allocate almost A$250 million (£103.7 million) to universities rated for their teaching strengths rather than research. Under the Government's new Learning and...