Carry on up the cyber
Universities are often porous and vulnerable organisations to cyber security breaches, and have tended to find it difficult to implement consistent security measures. It’s time to get our act together.
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Free speech university rankings: a case of grade inflation
The widely-publicised Free Speech University Rankings are back for another year and so Paul Greatrix takes a look behind the curtain at the really serious methodology, with a surprising twist.
Looking after those student consumers
Following the recent CMA ruling at the University of East Anglia, Registrarism asks if the new regime is beginning to overreach in its quest to regulate universities.
True Crime on Campus §50: Best of the Best Part 2
True Crime on Campus has been going for a while now. To save anyone having to read all previous 49 editions we’ve collected all the best ones here in Part 2 of the very best of the best. Truly the golden years of Campus …
Hey student! Turn those lecture notes into cash!
Students are getting paid to share their lecture notes, but is it a slippery slope towards selling essays?
Beyond co-creation: Courses designed by students
More creative, niche and co-created courses cropping up, from Game of Thrones to Cristiano Ronaldo, and Rubix’s Cubes to Kanye West.
Jobs for all, and the university with a money back guarantee
Most graduates want a job. Some providers claim to guarantee they will get one. Registrarism returns to the latest claims from Udacity.
It all started with puppy rooms…
Puppy rooms have become popular to help students cope with stress, but the idea is continuously being taken further.
Author! Author!
It’s time for an excitingly niche quiz on Registrarism. Can you tell which of these individuals are both academics and novelists?
Cheats shouldn’t prosper: time to tackle the essay mills
There are many companies now making big profits by providing paid-for essays to help students cheat. This needs to be challenged and we can’t just leave it up to new legislation.
All New Green Metric World Ranking 2016/17
It’s the latest world Green University Ranking. Featuring the University of Nottingham in second place.
Looking back: Review of Registrarism 2016
Paul Greatrix takes a look back at the last twelve months of Registarism on Wonkhe.
Standards deviations, and suggested amendments to the Bill
As the Higher Education and Research Bill moves through the Lords, Paul Greatrix looks at what amendments might need to be make on standards and other issues,
Growing future higher ed leaders
The programme for graduates looking to develop a career in HE managements. Ambitious Futures is recruiting again.
University Governance. With a Capital G.
Governance (with a capital ‘G’) remains one of the big issues facing universities and it has to have more prominence. If we fail to focus more efforts in this area then the possibility of new fractures will grow.
True Crime on Campus §50: Best of the Best Part 1
True Crime on Campus has been going for a while now. To save anyone having to read all previous 49 editions we’ve collected all the best ones here. Truly the golden years of Campus Crime
Branching out: new international campus developments
A new report shows universities across the globe are continuing to open up International Branch Campuses.
Now that’s what I call an Honorary Graduate §6 – Sports edition
Our latest review of universities’ generous bequeathals of honorary degrees looks at the men and women of sport.
A University-led take over of Parliament
All about the day the University of Nottingham took over Parliament.
From Zellick to here: guiding the way on student misconduct
Paul Greatrix sat on the steering group reviewing the Zellick guidelines. Here he explains the revisions and changes in the new recommendations issued to universities.