Austerity partly to blame for part-time downturn, says report
Government austerity and the consequent falls in public sector employment are driving a decline in part-time study, a report released today concludes.
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Christopher Pyne on the future of Australian higher education
Australian education minister sets out vision during UK visit
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Selfie trend in US turns lens on itself
By Carl Straumsheim, for Inside Higher Ed
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Erasmus+ set to reach quarter of a million in UK, says commissioner
Nearly a quarter of million students, young people and education staff in the UK are set to receive funding from the new Erasmus+ programme.
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Oxford’s Isis Innovation to advise on new Gulf university
The University of Oxford’s technology transfer company is to help a group of Omani business leaders set up a new university in the country.
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Daniel Craig’s former college Guildhall gains degree powers
A leading drama and music school has been given the right to award its own degrees.
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China university deals announced
Uclan and Bangor partnerships confirmed during Willetts visit
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High fees leading to more Brit students going abroad
Higher tuition fees in the UK are one reason why an increasing number of British youngsters are considering studying abroad, according to a survey by the British Council
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Griff Rhys Jones pulls out of Cardiff chancellor appointment
Griff Rhys Jones says he does not want to become chancellor of Cardiff University after his appointment was delayed by the institution’s court.
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Osborne launches consultation on science capital spending
Businesses are to be included alongside scientists in a new consultation on how to spend £7 billion in capital funding for the next Parliament.
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Male university workers win equal pay claim
Eighteen men have won an equal pay award against a Welsh university after claiming they had been paid less than their female colleagues.
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THE podcast: 24 April 2014 issue review
Download the podcastHow much should graduate teaching assistants get paid? Should more be done to encourage men on to female-dominated degree courses? And what lies in store in this week’s Times...
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The perils of REF 'irradiation'
Academics have internalised research assessment to such a degree that the effects may be irreversible, fears Thomas Harrison
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University of the buffer zone
The story of an unlikely branch campus in Cyprus and higher education on a divided island
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Women in STEM ‘sole focus’ of gender imbalance debate
More men must be encouraged into female-dominated areas such as nursing and teaching, says Ucas chief