Business schools braced for decline in international applications
Business schools are facing a 10-15 per cent drop in applications for MBA programmes, new figures suggest.
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Social scientists to work with retailers to improve the British high street
A team of academics is to help retailers make better use of social science research.
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British Academy secures new investment for small grants scheme
The British Academy and Leverhulme Trust have announced a major new investment in humanities and social sciences through the academy’s small research grants scheme.
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Cultures and crises discussed by academics and arts leaders
Nations are “always in crisisâ€, a former director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts has argued, as he praised the arm’s-length system of public funding embodied by the Arts Council, which meant...
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Grant letter delayed as government ‘considers lowering AAB threshold’
Delays to the annual grant letter may be down to government plans to announce an easing of the AAB rules that are to introduce competition for students between institutions.
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Number of academic staff falls 1 per cent in last two years
The number of people working within the higher education sector in the UK has dropped by 2 per cent over the last two academic years.
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Willetts: less red tape + fewer tax burdens = more autonomy
Measures to cut red tape and reduce tax burdens on universities will strengthen their autonomy, David Willetts has said.
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Apple takes on textbook market
After a feverish build up in which commentators forecast the “digital destruction†of the multi-billion dollar textbook industry, Apple has unveiled a “new textbook experience†and free online...
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News in brief
United StatesDefence attacked, academy OKUniversities will not be severely hit by federal spending cuts on research and development in the US, an analysis suggests. According to the study by the...
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Fuel for-profits to 'jump-start' tottering economy
Investing more money in for-profit universities could "jump-start" the global economy, it has been suggested, and is the best way to create jobs and sustain economic growth in developing markets such...
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Lower fees or lose students, Welsh told
Core-and-margin model could cut places at most higher-priced universities. David Matthews writes
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One-sixth of UK degree students prefer to have the best of British abroad
The days when international students flooded into the UK to study at its world-renowned universities may not be over, but the dynamics are rapidly changing.According to statistics published last week...
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Use of Turnitin software does not deter cheating, study finds
Students who are aware that their work will be checked by plagiarism-detection software are just as likely to cheat as those who are not, a study suggests.
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Unions call on LCC head to quit over decision to cull 'unviable' courses
Design subjects will be hit hardest by the closure of 16 programmes. David Matthews reports
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War of words as break-up turns acrimonious
The University of Wales Trinity Saint David has rebutted a scathing attack on its standards by a private college that used to teach its degrees.