It all adds up to learning on the job
Study-and-work model revived for accountancy trainees to improve access. Simon Baker reports
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News in Brief
Research councilsSchools connection to endThe UK's research councils are to close their long-running researchers-in-residence scheme. The programme, which has been in existence for 17 years, sponsors...
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Widening access: are we imposing middle-class values on everyone?
University may not always be the best option for those from poorer backgrounds. Jack Grove reports
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Just the job: Canada's students shift to the college fast lane
Fleet of foot vocational institutions steal a march on traditional universities. Jon Marcus reports
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Together, we're stronger
Partnerships between public and private institutions are key to weathering these uncertain times, says James Kirkbride
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Safeguarding quality could soon become a very risky business
The regulatory regime outlined in the White Paper may lighten the bureaucratic burden but it has its dangers, warns Roger King
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Reforms: so far, so good
The Australian 'education revolution' is making progress, although there are still challenges to be overcome, writes Peter Coaldrake
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Diary
LiverpoolMuseum of LiverpoolThe new Museum of Liverpool, which opened this week, aims to explore the history, culture and everyday experience of the city. It considers what it means to be...
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The Pick - I Wish I Could See My Little Willy
I Wish I Could See My Little WillyMargateA bikini-clad young woman sits on the beach with a cat on her lap. A passing spiv raises his hat to her and says: "I wish I was that lucky cat.""I don't think...
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Words of wisdom
Our vice-chancellor has praised what he called the "intelligent and discerning response" of Sir Alan Langlands, the chief executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England, to concerns...
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Leader: Anxious players, risky bets
The UK and Australia are taking different approaches to a similar problem - and both face bleak futures if they fail
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Research Intelligence - REF guidance sets up the starting blocks
In-depth submissions detail outlines equality and consistency aims. Paul Jump reports
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The week in higher education
• Middlesex University is to become "the most expensive in Britain", according to a newspaper. Figures from the Office for Fair Access show that Middlesex will charge annual tuition fees of £8,602...
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From where I sit - Adventures in like-minded learning
Many of us are able to choose our partner, our friends and, sometimes, our colleagues. That is not often the case with our students, who do not have the same freedom to choose their classmates or...
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Appointments
University of VictoriaNancy TurnerA scholar who has spent her career researching aboriginal nations of Northwest America and the ecosystems they inhabit has been named the new Hakai chair in...