Students should get more university entry points for taking tougher A-level subjects, researchers suggested this week.Academics at Durham University analysed data from nearly 1 million school pupils...
Academic faces censure for giving his time to run extracurricular revision class. John Gill reports
- As an outspoken critic of higher education's dependence on the state, the vice-chancellor of the University of Buckingham covered familiar ground with his warning that the tradition of universities...
Peers believe education will improve if political meddling is reduced. Melanie Newman reports
V-c provokes debate with suggestion of a levy on all degree holders, past and future. John Gill reports
Eight years on from initial furore, university acknowledges failings, writes Melanie Newman
Million+ highlights increasing economic value of sector to the UK. Rebecca Attwood reports
The Government has become too focused on the role that universities can play in improving the skills of the UK workforce, at the expense of further education colleges, which are often better placed...
Conference to hear that focus on 2:1 or higher leads to grade inflation, Rebecca Attwood writes
Degree standards in the UK are set to be investigated by a cross-party committee of MPs.Following a series of press reports that have raised concerns about external examiners and academic standards,...
But some fear pilot institutions will gain an unfair advantage in the REF game. Zoe Corbyn reports
The research assessment exercise has prevented social scientists from influencing public policy and from transferring their knowledge to the general public.This is the conclusion of a joint report...
The author of a revisionist study of Irish republicans defends his research against critics who claim inaccuracy. John Gill reports
Individuals to be asked to sign up to 'performance-related' plans as UCU calls dispute, writes John Gill
Staff pensionsProtection fund fees scrutinisedStaff at the most successful universities are subsidising employees at more financially unstable institutions through payments to a pension protection...