Data driven
As a member of the group that was formed by the Higher Education Funding Council for England to look into student information and which commissioned the report referred to in the article “More...
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Taxing graduates
According to Emran Mian, a graduate tax would solve none of the problems the current system of student loans faces (“A terrible policy at a terrible time”, Opinion, www.timeshighereducation.co.uk, ...
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If...
If you can keep your head, when all about youAre losing theirs because of QAAIf UEG cannot survive without youWith Provost, Deans and PVCs at playIf you can wait, and not be tired by waitingHoping...
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Acts of mimicry
Now I get it (“The big business of remuneration”, Features, 3 April). Perhaps as a strategy to enhance their packages, vice-chancellors adopt the language, ideas and practices of their paymasters,...
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Placements position
I found the report on a survey that discovered that nearly all undergraduates say work placements and careers advice are valuable, but that less than half end up using them (“Work experience: it’s a...
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Imperfect policies
The suicide of Charlotte Coursier and the subsequent investigation into allegations of harassment have raised complex and very troubling issues for the University of Oxford in general and for the...
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There’s no shame in a business background
Would Vernon Bogdanor be as dismissive of his own field of government as he is of my fields of business and management when specifying the most important qualities required in a vice-chancellor (“Top...
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News in brief - 17 April 2014
Research partnershipsUK-Brazil match scheduledThe UK is to spend £375 million on a scheme to promote scientific ties between the UK and key emerging economies. The Newton Fund, announced last week by...
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The week in higher education - 17 April 2014
A PhD researcher is to examine why the UK has fared so badly at the Eurovision Song Contest in recent years, the Manchester Evening News reported on 10 April. Jamie Halliwell, a doctoral student in...
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The coin of quality has to be sound
If faith in the comparability of standards is not maintained across UK higher education, the system will be devalued
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BME scholars in science
The proportion of black and minority ethnic professors in psychology and behavioural science is just 3 per cent, according to a new report from the Royal Society
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New NUS officer vows to end privilege in postgraduate study
Megan Dunn, the vice-president for higher education, wants an end to ‘middle-class playground’ of higher degrees
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British Academy fears for humanities in open access world
RCUK rules may mean UK scholars seeking to publish abroad lose out, report warns
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Opinions are not as one over Trinity College Dublin rebrand
Academics’ lack of faith in ‘identity initiative’ prompts rethink on revamped logo and name change
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Bryn Mawr’s labs ‘built for women’ only one part of winning formula
College’s output of female scientists has the caught the attention of the White House