There are plenty of big HE ideas. Why aren’t v-cs listening?
The idea of academic leadership has been largely reduced to management. But alternative HE visions are still being produced, says Ronald Barnett
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Biden administration plans to publish list of ‘low value’ degrees
Lack of consensus over how to define economic worth of programmes to student and taxpayer hampers education department’s efforts
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Sector leaders urge inquiry into Office for Students’ performance
Concerns over regulator’s independence and sweeping new powers necessitates parliamentary investigation, letter to Robin Walker states
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Birmingham sends Eastwood off with £190K bonus as v-c pay rises
Average leader’s remuneration stood at £308,000 last year, according to analysis of 118 university accounts
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Questions over autonomy as India sets out branch campus rules
Flexibility of guidelines for universities wanting to open outposts praised, but concerns raised over academic freedom
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Universities condemn ‘shameful’ 13 per cent hike in OfS fees
Ministers accused of adding bureaucracy then ‘putting the costs on universities’ with planned rise while cutting student support in real terms
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The Office for Students needs to tighten its belt, too
Reports of a 13 per cent rise in registration fees is unjustifiable in the current economic environment, says Stephen Marston
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More parenting means less research productivity
But having a fellow academic as a partner helps, major study finds
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Mergers must be transparent and justified. Ours was neither
The Armenian government’s aborted attempt to amalgamate three universities has left a bad taste, says Karine Harutyunyan
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Most business school research ‘lacks real-world relevance’
Survey portrays field as especially dangerous case of obsession with journal metrics, although chief accreditor promises aggressive bid on societal awareness
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Should universities be servicing a market for declining standards?
Ever more expensive boilerplate qualifications that may or may not connote genuine expertise are not what the world needs, says Valerie Sartor
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New TEF ‘will capture diversity of excellence’ in English HE
As deadline for submissions approaches, OfS outlines how revamped exercise will benefit sector
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US failing to crack down on student aid fraud, audit finds
Trump administration found by congressional watchdog to have largely abandoned investigative office, while Biden team pressed to fix things quicker
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Most Afghan private universities ‘face closure’ after women ban
Academics warn of ‘collapse’ of higher education system after Taliban forces 70,000 female students out of private universities
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Royal Society offers publishing discounts for peer reviewers
Scientific publisher hopes new credit scheme will reward and incentivise peer review