Art for Art’s sake?
“In an Era of Campus Cutbacks, Performing-Arts Centers Keep Going Up” A hugely encouraging story in The Chronicle of Higher Education about the fact that institutions are still building arts centres, depsite the financia…
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International world rankings – where do you stand? Going Global 2011 §2
International world rankings – where do you stand? A belated note on one of the sessions at Going Global earlier this month. This session, on league tables, was for me most enjoyable session but sadly there really was in…
Sorbonne goes global in Abu Dhabi
The Sorbonne Abu Dhabi has been formally inaugurated. It all looks very impressive: Welcome to Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi; your first step towards an international prestigious degree. Paris-Sorbonne University A…
Value of iPads for teaching and learning?
iPads: “Bane or Boon”? An earlier post commented on the use of iPads in the classroom. The Chronicle of Higher Education notes two contrasting reports of the value of iPads for teaching and learning, the one referred to …
World Education: The New Powerhouse – Going Global 2011 §1
Some comments on Going Global 2011 – World Education: The New Powerhouse? I was fortunate to be present at the British Council’s Going Global Conference in Hong Kong earlier in March. There were about 1,000 delegates the…
More Guns on Campuses
The freedom to bear arms – in class Piece in The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that legislators in nine US states, including Florida, Texas, Michigan, and Arizona, are considering laws that would restrict institu…
WikiLeaks for Higher Education
Because you can never have too many distractions… The Chronicle of Higher Education has a report on the launch of “UniLeaks”: WikiLeaks, scourge of governments worldwide, now has a copycat for academe. And the new group …
New Guardian Higher Education Network
New online Guardian HE offering The Guardian has just launched its new Guardian HE Network, which looks rather nice: it’s an online space where higher education professionals can talk to one other, get advice and insight…
US Universities Producing the Most Interns
Internship League Table US News and World Report carries a piece on a mildly interesting league table of the US universities which produce the most interns. The table below highlights the 10 national universities with th…
True Crime on Campus §7
True Crime on Campus §7 More challenging situations for our dedicated Security team: 22:55 Security attended Rutland Hall after the Porter requested assistance. A student had left their hall to have a cigarette and his f…
Universities forging ‘strategic alliance’
More significant university collaborations Following the recent announcement about the collaboration between the University of Nottingham and the University of Birmingham there have been some interesting developments in …
Age matters
For university rankings, at least QS Intelligence unit has a diverting posting on the influence of age on university “performance” As this post puts it, the world is changing, fast and HE is part of it In Saudi Arabia th…
Funding the Effort to Send More Students to China
The US wants more students to go to China An opinion piece in The Chronicle of Higher Education suggests a new approach to supporting US students studying in China: During his 2009 visit to Shanghai, President Obama made…
Code of practice needed to "halt degree course mis-selling"
Should universities stop using NSS data to promote courses? An interesting article by John Holmwood on the questionable validity and reliability of the National Student Survey – he argues that universities and others sho…
Code of practice needed to “halt degree course mis-selling”
Should universities stop using NSS data to promote courses? An interesting article by John Holmwood on the questionable validity and reliability of the National Student Survey – he argues that universities and others sho…
A new ranking for China's universities
According to a recent report on a ranking by the China University Alumni Association, Shanghai’s universities rank second in the country behind Beijing in educating future billionaires: The ranking analyzed the education…
A new ranking for China’s universities
According to a recent report on a ranking by the China University Alumni Association, Shanghai’s universities rank second in the country behind Beijing in educating future billionaires: The ranking analyzed the education…
Universities 'must be vigilant' on campus extremism
Promoting academic freedom and tackling extremism A new report from UUK is concerned with issues around freedom of speech, academic freedom and extreme views on campus. It’s a good report (but I was on the working group …
Universities ‘must be vigilant’ on campus extremism
Promoting academic freedom and tackling extremism A new report from UUK is concerned with issues around freedom of speech, academic freedom and extreme views on campus. It’s a good report (but I was on the working group …
MP challenges 'free' MA degrees
Proposal to eliminate the ‘free’ Oxbridge MA Entertaining attempt this by Chris Leslie (my local MP). He recently introduced a short ‘ten minute rule Bill’ in the Commons (the Master’s Degree (Minimum Standards) Bill). T…