With the key selling point of university – meeting people and having a ‘great experience’ – now gone, Andreas Schleicher sees high fees as unjustified and calls for more government investment
Increasing numbers of postgraduates appears to be a win-win, with graduates seeking refuge from a poor job market and universities able to make up for lost income, but there are concerns over the...
Doctoral graduates’ occupation of Higher Education Ministry will do little by itself to solve a structural problem, says Kenneth Nsah
But local experts lament that recommendations in the US-produced document may be easier said than done  Â
Stephen Thomson outlines his evidence of ‘letterhead bias’ in legal academic publishing and suggests ways to dismantle it
Moving paper tests online increases access and security problems. Rather, online exams should be ‘digital first’, says Burr SettlesÂ
Universities must put as much effort into equality and diversity strategies as they do into other areas, say leading academics
While Australia’s fee and subsidy reshuffle favours job-growth areas, student and institutional recalcitrance may blunt its impact
Casual staff start marking boycott over failure to extend contracts, move seen as having outsized impact on BAME and female academics
Government’s proposals are contradictory and will torpedo its jobs agenda, humanities lobby warns
With student choice relied on to free up money for more university places, critics question the strategy and potential impacts
Rishi Trikha says his experiences of racism and homophobia in a conservatoire show that creative fields have to be part of anti-racism conversations, too
First release of Graduate Outcomes, which looks at what people are doing 15 months after leaving university, shows stark differences for some groups Â
Fee caps should be dependent on what universities can actually provide in a pandemic, says prospective fresher Nélson Fernandes Serrão
Discounted courses ‘are what the country needs’, but the numbers don’t stack up for universities