Forum lays down proposals in bid to improve student life
Better information and flexible finance are among report recommendations, Rebecca Attwood writes
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Part-time study vital to UK's future economic success, review says
Radical changes to part-time higher education are needed if the UK is to take a lead role in the knowledge economy, according to a vice-chancellor writing a government review.In the past, part-time...
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18 institutions to trial end of degree reports
A system for recording students' achievements, which could eventually replace the degree classification system, is to be trialled by 18 higher education institutions.The Higher Education Achievement...
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Arts PhDs still out of favour with sheep farmers
Convincing the public of merits of this field of research remains taxing, reports Melanie Newman
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FoI documents reveal 'unfair promotion criteria'
Academic promotions at the University of Cambridge are being decided on the basis of a subjective, unfair system, it has been claimed.Biochemistry lecturer Nick Gay told a meeting of the university's...
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'End soundbite-driven HE tinkering': v-c urges root-and-branch reform
Kingston's Scott says 'collapse of neo-liberalism' may present fresh opportunities, reports John Gill
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Troughs and pique
Gary Day on victims of the credit crisis, women on top, glamorous historians and a bit of Strictly escapism
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THE WINNERS 2008
Choosing the 18 winners from the shortlisted entries has been extremely difficult and they can rightly be proud of their success: each represents excellence in their field and we congratulate them...
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A sudden step up the career ladder
When a whiny colleague approaches Gloria for a favour, she braces herself for extra work. Instead, she gets a surprise promotion
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What is the role of the companion at a disciplinary hearing? Do we have to allow employees to bring a lawyer along?
The statutory right to be accompanied The Employment Relations Act 1999 sets out, at Section 10, the right of employees to be accompanied at disciplinary and grievance hearings. The legislation...
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A gathering in the ninth circle with Elvis and Yoko
The meetings called all too frequently by administrators are all too often unnecessary, and all too often hellish, says Tara Brabazon
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Citizenship papers
Linda Colley tells Matthew Reisz how her work on 'Britishness' fed into an exhibition about the fight to enshrine liberty in the national fabric
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Keep it stupid, simple
Is dumbing down a reality on UK campuses? Most respondents to our online poll highlighted dangers to academic standards, but they were split about whether degrees are worth less than they were before...
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23 October 2008
Dumb. Adj. slow to learn; lacking intellectual acuity; - Are academic standards really falling?