BBC News reports on new gloom for graduate job seekers: Intense competition for graduate jobs means that more than three quarters of employers require at least a 2:1 degree grade, a survey suggests. The Association of Gr…
BBC News reports on new gloom for graduate job seekers: Intense competition for graduate jobs means that more than three quarters of employers require at least a 2:1 degree grade, a survey suggests. The Association of Gr…
And can anyone join in? According to a brief report in the Chronicle of Higher Education there are lots of them about: Two hundred and fifty locations in the world talk about being “education hubs,” said Peter Upton, cou…
Tackling plagiarism in admissions According to The Chronicle of Higher Education some colleges in the US are stepping up their efforts to detect plagiarism among applicants: About 25 universities and 20 application servi…
Some new students need ‘life skills’ it seems According to the Times “pampered pupils” are receiving lessons in life skills to enable them to cope at university: Increasing numbers of privileged students are arriving at …
Some new students need ‘life skills’ it seems According to the Times “pampered pupils” are receiving lessons in life skills to enable them to cope at university: Increasing numbers of privileged students are arriving at …
Two new entrants into HE From the Chronicle of Higher Education an interesting story explaining that there might have been a Wal-Mart University: As the world’s largest retailer weighed its options for making a big splas…
Two new entrants into HE From the Chronicle of Higher Education an interesting story explaining that there might have been a Wal-Mart University: As the world’s largest retailer weighed its options for making a big splas…
Comparing League tables A handy article on the QS website on comparing ranking systems. Whilst it doesn’t go into much detail, it does offer a nice overview: Since 1983, university ranking has become a world industry. Bu…
Tackling Plagiarism A really entertaining approach to this challenging issue from the University of Bergen [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwbw9KF-ACY&w=670]
New League Table iPhone App QS, compilers of world university league tables, have produced an iPhone app so rankings are never out of reach. My life is now complete. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyqVrkuGHDo&hl…
New Guardian League Table for 2011 Top 20 or so of the full list (available here) is as follows (last year’s position in brackets): 1 (1) Oxford 2 (2) Cambridge 3 (4) Warwick 4 (3) St Andrews 5 (6) UCL 6 (16) Lancaster 7…
Tackling “bogus” students According to the BBC, bogus students are facing a global crackdown. “Unscrupulous” recruitment agents who bring bogus overseas students into the UK are being targeted in an international initiat…
Tackling “bogus” students According to the BBC, bogus students are facing a global crackdown. “Unscrupulous” recruitment agents who bring bogus overseas students into the UK are being targeted in an international initiat…
Online Reputation Management Just when you thought it was safe to go online… an interesting approach to providing careers advice to graduates: Syracuse University has purchased six-month subscriptions to Brand-Yourself.c…
2011 University Rankings published by The Times Not huge changes here with the exception of the remarkable jump by Lancaster, up from outside the top 20 to a top 10 slot. Not entirely clear from the data why this should …
Volunteering award at Bristol University According to the Guardian, Bristol has launched a volunteering award: Organised volunteering and work experience has long been a vital companion to university degree courses. Usua…
Latest Independent league table First of the new season’s UK tables has just been published by the Independent. Full details of the institutional and subject rankings are provided by the Complete University Guide which c…
Latest Asian University Rankings QS have just published their latest rankings of universities in Asia. No huge surprises in the top 20 but a few ups and downs. Hong Kong, South Korean and Japanese institutions dominant b…
Academics, too, can be led astray by rankings According to a new study reported by the Chronicle of Higher Education, it’s not only prospective students who are swayed by league tables. It seems that academics’ opinions …