True Crime on Campus §43: That end of term feeling
There aren’t many opportunities to relax for our constantly in demand Seurity staff. And the end of term, rather than offering some welcome relief, instead brings some rather interesting challenges…
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Academic standards: back to the future
The current discussions around the shape of the TEF could be seen as just another phase in a long running debate about academic standards. It’s worth therefore going back to inform thinking about the future.
The Graduate ‘Talent Shop’
A Chinese university has set up an online ‘talent shop’ to promote its graduates.
Innovation? No thanks
A brief commentary on the latest PA Consulting Report – The Innovation Race. We’re losing it apparently.
10 awkward things about the Scottish HE Governance Bill
Paul Greatrix takes a look at the latest proposals for governance chance in Scottish universities.
Imagining the campus of the future
There’s a course which asks students to imagine the campus of the future.
Get back below stairs
Comment on some very unhelpful articles on the place of administrators in higher education.
True Crime on Campus §42: Pot noodle problem
Some more surprising incidents on campus.
A big governance challenge
Governance issues can be challenging. As this recent report on Plymouth University demonstrates.
#TwitteratiChallenge
It’s five people nominated on the strength of this #TwitteratiChallenge thing.
More exam stress-busting
More novel ideas for helping students cope with exam stress.
Apocalypse now?
Are universities doomed? With the apocalyptic tone to many recent pieces on higher education you could be given for thinking universities are facing imminent disaster.
Spend, spend, spend: university expenditure data
Some interesting new data on university finances for 2013-14 has been published by HESA.
The best way to choose a university?
There are many ways to choose a university. Some seem to be using Instagram to help.
Rankings mayhem. It’s the all new Complete University Guide
Here’s the first league table of the season and once again it’s the Complete University Guide which is first out of the stocks this year.
A Very Unlikely Professor
A professor. Who happens to be a horse. Possibly a first.
More degree course novelty: from the Tardis to Plumpton
Yet more unusual degrees, from Dr Who to wine-making.
Now that’s what I call an Honorary Graduate §2
Time for some more very special honorary graduates to be recognised.
Exciting Holiday Higher Ed Quiz
I spent six years working at UEA, home of the HE three letter acronym and have always had a fondness for them, the more pointless and obscure the better. So, what better way to mark the peak Higher Ed conference season t…
Supporting students: universities not that bad really
Support for students when they get to university is not worse than that they receive at school, just different.