True Crime on Campus – best bits Started posting these (real) extracts from University Security reports earlier in 2010. There really is an endless list of this stuff and some of my favourites from the past year appear b…
Australia seems to have realised that student recruitment matters Times Higher carries an interesting piece on changes to student visa arrangements in Australia. Universities in Australia have welcomed the “timely” decis…
Oh no we’re not Some festive cheer from politics.co.uk. The analysis here is somewhat overstating the case though: Massive efficiency savings which could drive down costs in higher education are only possible if universi…
Oh no we’re not Some festive cheer from politics.co.uk. The analysis here is somewhat overstating the case though: Massive efficiency savings which could drive down costs in higher education are only possible if universi…
University of Indonesia produces its GreenMetric World University Ranking The recently published table has Berkeley in first place and the University of Nottingham in second. From the press release: As one of leading Uni…
The Globalisation of Higher Education Lord Dearing died in 2009 having left an indelible mark on UK higher education with his landmark 1997 report Higher Education in the Learning Society. He also had particular impact o…
True Crime from the USA A series of True Crime on Campus posts has highlighted some of the strange goings on around the University of Nottingham that our Security Team have to deal with. Nottingham is far from unique tho…
New Sutton Trust report on access has some rather staggering data The Sutton Trust report suggests that private school students are 55 times more likely to win a place at Oxbridge and 22 times more likely to go to a top-…
The shape of things to come? A story from the Guardian from back in October noted that the supermarket chain said it will pay for students’ university fees if they enrol on a degree course it is sponsoring. Morrisons is …
The shape of things to come? A story from the Guardian from back in October noted that the supermarket chain said it will pay for students’ university fees if they enrol on a degree course it is sponsoring. Morrisons is …
Not very welcoming Following the fun and games with the Tier 1 and 2 changes which may yet serve to keep the best academics out of the UK, the government has now turned its attention to Tier 4, students. According to the…
New consultation on providing information that helps students make the right higher education choices HEFCE has launched a consultation on information for prospective students: Schools, colleges, universities, student un…
Position on visas still not clear The Guardian has a story on the latest government position on changes to the visa regime. Whilst on the face of it there does seem to be some movement in response to the concerns express…
I’ve posted before on various degree courses which sound a bit, well, bonkers. The Daily Mail loves this stuff and gets very excited when something like a degree in footy comes along: The finer points of the offside rule…
Money down the drain? A report in the Telegraph highlights significant spending by universities on website redesigns which seems to deliver less than spectacular results: Using Freedom of Information legislation the Tele…
Money down the drain? A report in the Telegraph highlights significant spending by universities on website redesigns which seems to deliver less than spectacular results: Using Freedom of Information legislation the Tele…
Tool to improve rankings Times Higher Education carries an entertaining story about a handy tool designed to help universities determine the best way to improve their league table rankings: Any doubts that world universi…
Work Foundation thinktank declared insolvent and sold Unfortunate situation for the Work Foundation. However, things do seem to have turned out reasonably well according to the Guardian. The Work Foundation, which bills …
Persuading freshers to read Last year St Andrews gave a novel to all freshers to get them reading, discussing and engaging with each other. This year, according to theBookseller.com, the scheme seems to have expanded: Ne…
True Crime on Campus The fifth instalment in a series of items extracted from university security reports. These are all real reports and highlight the varied nature of the challenges faced by our indefatigable security …