Darling buds: your May 2021 dumb uni rankings update
Nothing stops the onslaught of dumb higher education league tables. Paul Greatrix selects a few recent highlights.
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True Crime on Campus #58: Coming out of lockdown
Paul Greatrix has the latest surprising extracts from campus security reports.
Big cats on campus
Paul Greatrix has more news about some really big beasts on university campuses.
Essay corruption on an industrial scale
Paul Greatrix has found a league table of essay mills. And he’s not impressed.
The all new Wonkhe cathedral and uni match up fun quiz!
More Friday fun as Paul Greatrix picks out fourteen cathedrals that share their names with a university. Can you name them?
Shirley Williams’ 13 higher education suggestions
Paul Greatrix puts Shirley Williams’ famous “13 points” higher education speech into context and into perspective.
The post-Covid future for graduation
Paul Greatrix investigates arrangements for 2021 graduation ceremonies.
Shopping for degrees
As the University of Gloucestershire takes over the Debenhams in Gloucester city centre, Paul Greatrix interrogates how shopping and studying can overlap.
Paging Dr Beat – Dance your PhD is back
The good news is that Paul Greatrix has news of a return to the doctorate dancefloor.
Banning essay mills – it’s time to act
For Paul Greatrix the case for legislation to ban essay mills is clear.
Varsity blues: Documenting the US admissions scandal
A documentary and a novel about the US admissions scandal? Paul Greatrix previews some media outputs to look forward to.
A rankings roadmap – the spring league table collection
Paul Greatrix reviews the latest high climbers and new entries in the hit parade of higher education rankings.
Campus capers, 1970 style
Strange things happened over half a century ago at Keele University. Paul Greatrix has the details.
Going cheap – anyone want to buy an honorary degree?
Paul Greatrix assesses the state of a peculiar global market for fake honorary degrees
University anagram challenge
Paul Greatrix mixes up the bag of scrabble tiles for the University Anagram Challenge we never knew we needed.
Planning for the future of the sector’s graduate training programme
Paul Greatrix examines the future for the sector’s graduate training programme
Animal antics: More critters on campus
Registrarism reminds us that there is always place for animal antics in higher education.
Give us a break: booking a holiday from regulation
Paul Greatrix is carrying 20kg of higher education red tape in a rucksack. And he fancies a holiday.
I bless the rains: The Wonkhe African university picture quiz
Registrarism returns with another Wonkhe picture quiz. Say what you see!
True Crime on Campus #57: More lockdown surprises
Paul Greatrix has yet more true crime stories from the campus security front line.