Dropout rates in focus at English for-profits as regulator decision day looms
Some alternative providers could lose access to public student loans if OfS judges non-continuation rates too high
Some alternative providers could lose access to public student loans if OfS judges non-continuation rates too high
Recent controversy over the future directions of both Stanford and Melbourne university presses have raised questions about the role of in-house publishing arms in a world of commercialisation,...
The current generation of students often come under fire for supposedly being excessively brittle and demanding. But does the reality bear that out, and what are the teaching techniques to which they...
As students increasingly turn to essay mills to do their work, Anna McKie explores what drives this global trend and how universities are fighting it
Colleagues’ failure to fully grasp the more hostile lived reality for EU nationals post-referendum is furthering alienation, says Jawiria Naseem
Overseas branch campuses have mushroomed in the past two decades, but with the risks larger than initially assumed and the returns less certain, stories of abandoned ventures have begun to mount....
English studies is a traditional big beast in the academy, but there are concerns that changes in student behaviour could put it on the endangered list. Seven academics give their views on whether...
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Adam Tickell acknowledges university has ‘failed’ staff and students in the past but says improving well-being is his top priority
This strike’s momentum is unprecedented because the proposed pension cuts are a symbol of the UK’s flawed higher education system, says George Letsas
Amount of time spent learning in and out of class declines, HEA survey says
Three-quarters of students in the UK now receive ‘good’ degrees, compared with just half 20 years ago. Is grade inflation an inevitable result of the marketisation of higher education and is the...
Hefce analysis finds that UK graduates cope better with divorce, ill-health and unemployment than non-graduates
Ellie Bothwell analyses how religious institutions shape up compared with secular institutions and how they are adapting to modern mores