Biden forgiving $1 billion in student debt at for-profit colleges
Administration describes move as opening bid to revive aid for sector’s victims
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National obsessions
The HE policy debate may shift, but in England the idea that we might be over-educating is always lurking – it’s a hydra that needs decapitating again
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Adam Habib to ‘step aside’ as SOAS director during racism probe
Leader only started in January but provoked fury by using N-word in call with students
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Ministers urged to end ‘Hunger Games’ fight between FE and HE
Social Market Foundation report calls for greater incentives for sectors to collaborate, instead of ‘ideologically fuelled’ deepening of divide
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David Willetts: ‘I find the concept of over-education repellent’
Graduate employment outcomes are obviously crucial. Yet we must be wary of judging courses and institutions on the basis of a few useful but misleading metrics
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Remote learning hits Australian student satisfaction
Lift your game, minister tells Covid-struck universities, as students mark institutions down on engagement
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Universities are going to ‘listen to students’, but which ones?
Profound change is in the offing for higher education, but history suggests non-Western students’ voices will not be heard, says Farish A. Noor
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‘European universities’ dream falters amid funding uncertainty
Brussels-backed pilot project has borne fruit, but leaders say creating ‘seamless mobility’ across continent has been even more expensive and bureaucratic than expected
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Be honest and take sides on big issues, universities told
Policy expert suggests institutions could back Brexit, a republic or rebrand themselves as a ‘Black Lives Matter university’
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Axeing predicted grades ‘may hinder, not help’ widening access
New analysis suggests concerns that exam forecasts harm equality ‘are not supported’ by data
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The week in higher education – 18 March 2021
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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18 March 2021 digital edition
Splashing the cash: how far can EU universities ride the post-Covid spending wave?
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Interview with Marian Asantewah Nkansah
Winner of award for women in science in the developing world discusses growing up in a family of eight in Ghana and ‘feeling like Christmas’ when she is on a podium
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Aldwyn Cooper, 1949-2021
Tributes paid to a ‘flair-filled force for good’ who secured degree-awarding powers for only the UK’s second private university
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Why I no longer read anonymous comments
If writers aren’t held responsible for their words, they have no incentive to write reflectively and precisely, says Joe Moran