Black and ethnic minorities still have mountains to climb in higher education
More BME staff have been entering the UK academy but they remain under-represented at the top. What is being done about it?
More BME staff have been entering the UK academy but they remain under-represented at the top. What is being done about it?
Did rises for vice-chancellors outpace those of academic staff, and did the REF swell the salaries of star researchers? Jack Grove rings up the benefits accrued
As full visa licence is restored, focus moves to student experience
V-c outlines his plans now that London Met’s full visa licence has been restored. Jack Grove writes
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About three quarters of taught postgraduate students are happy with the teaching and learning on their course, a new national survey says.
Post-92s’ student marketing spend rises as sector observers question its value
Industrial action voteUCU ballot over pay disputeUnionised academics are being balloted for industrial action over employers’ 1 per cent pay offer. The University and College Union said it will...
Industrial action voteUCU ballot over pay disputeUnionised academics are being balloted for industrial action over employers’ 1 per cent pay offer. The University and College Union said it will...
Find out how academics and professional and support staff feel about working in UK higher education
David Matthews reports from the island state on the questions facing its burgeoning academy
Universities' arrangements to uphold academic standards are "robust and effective", the Quality Assurance Agency has said.
United StatesFor-profits lose California goldMost for-profit institutions in California have lost their eligibility for the state's needs-based financial aid programme. In a measure that was expected...
Barbara Stephens finds few clear pointers for the UK in the sobering tale of American dropout rates
An independent commission has been set up to see if higher tuition fees are deterring poorer students from applying to university.