The National Student Survey gets student satisfaction wrong
The National Student Survey is essential, but a disappointment. A final year student at University College London explains why
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Scottish university access: cracking the class ceiling
The Commission on Widening Access’ ambitious report looks to emulate and expand on Offa’s approach, says John Field
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Why Chinese PhD students are drawn to the UK
Ellie Bothwell blogs from the opening of the British Council’s UK-China Education Policy Week in Beijing
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Foreign academics in Korea: disempowered and ready to leave?
Interviews paint a bleak picture of morale at Yonsei University, raising further concerns about country’s attempt to internationalise
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Universities ‘most reliant’ on teaching-only staff named
Several research-intensive universities are on list, but many institutions dispute the findings
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Lower entry requirements for poorer students, says Scottish panel
Commission for Widening Access calls for ‘entrenched patterns of advantage’ to be broken down
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Treasures of Cambridge University Library go on display
Landmark documents and artefacts in the history of science and religion go on public view for the first time
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Sci-Hub: research piracy and the public good
The release of millions of journal papers online reflects impatience with an outdated publishing model, says John Willinsky
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Why is my professor still not black?
Winston Morgan explores what his career might reveal about the position of ethnic minority academics
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University of the People founder: others ‘will emulate model’
President of free online university says universities will be forced to change either their price structure or their offering
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Australian government under fire on HE policy ‘instability’
Education minister Simon Birmingham signals potential funding cuts to universities but fee rises plan could also be revived
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Engineers more likely to be violent extremists, book claims
LSE academic finds link between education and extremism is most pronounced in Muslim world, but extends to the West too
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One day in the life of Ivor Hadenov
Paul Taylor shares a story of a life in a university that may not be far removed from today’s academy
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Refugee crisis: university launches outreach programme
Monthly sessions at Nottingham Trent University aim to prepare asylum seekers for higher education