…according to a “secret database” The Guardian claims a bit of a scoop following a Freedom of Information request on building conditions in universities: Scores of university halls of residences and lecture theatres in t…
…according to a “secret database” The Guardian claims a bit of a scoop following a Freedom of Information request on building conditions in universities: Scores of university halls of residences and lecture theatres in t…
EUA to publish ‘annual review’ of worldwide university rankings EUA (the European University Association) has said it intends to publish an annual review of world university rankings. Given the growing number of league t…
OECD is undertaking a Feasibility Study for the International Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO) The outline of the programme, published here, is as follows: The OECD Assessment of Higher Education …
Slight misinterpretation of non-comparable data According to a shocking report in Impact, which doesn’t let facts get in the way of a sensational story, plagiarism is up 700% at the University of Nottingham: The Universi…
Slight misinterpretation of non-comparable data According to a shocking report in Impact, which doesn’t let facts get in the way of a sensational story, plagiarism is up 700% at the University of Nottingham: The Universi…
Contrasting unofficial university promo videos Certainly at least one of these is not endorsed by its University… Must admit I found it difficult to get past about 4 minutes on this one: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/w…
“Middle-class students face £7,000 wallop” Grave anxiety in the Times that middle-class students might have to pay higher contributions post-graduation: Students from middle-class families may be denied grants and cheap …
“Substantial increases in entry to higher education for disadvantaged young people” Widening Participation is working according to a new report from HEFCE: The study, conducted by Dr Mark Corver of HEFCE’s Analytical Ser…
The Sun seems to have a new found interest in academic offences. It says that “160 exam cheats were booted out of university last year”. According to the respected journal: DIMWITS with notes scrawled on wrists and arms …
Russell Group and UCU lining up against government cuts Rhetoric overload has kicked in pretty early. If we’re not careful we’ll have used the full armoury of adjectives to describe the cuts far too early in the campaign…
Interesting announcement this, linked to the latest Times Higher league table developments: Thomson Reuters, a global leader in providing information, will address industry concerns over current profile systems with the …
New Zealand claims to be top of the world in higher education Some new year cheer from what is undoubtedly the most entertaining interpretation of league table data for some time from Education New Zealand: In the global…
New Zealand claims to be top of the world in higher education Some new year cheer from what is undoubtedly the most entertaining interpretation of league table data for some time from Education New Zealand: In the global…
Follow up to post a year ago on the big iPhone giveaway at Abilene Christian U How do you educate a generation of students eternally distracted by the internet, cellphones and video games? Easy. You enable them by handin…
A serious attempt to help us all make sense of all this difficult league table business The Institute for Higher Education Policy’s (IHEP) Ranking Systems Clearinghouse provides a road map of this complex rankings landsc…
From Mark Harrison’s blog – Student Fees: Four Myths and a Certainty Professor Mark Harrison (economist) offers an intelligent, well-argued, timely and rather pithy contribution to the fees debate: Student fees are in th…
From Mark Harrison’s blog – Student Fees: Four Myths and a Certainty Professor Mark Harrison (economist) offers an intelligent, well-argued, timely and rather pithy contribution to the fees debate: Student fees are in th…
What Do We Want? Lots of Stuff! When Do We Want It? Now! Following up earlier post on student protest lessons in the UK, the Chronicle has a good story about the modest demands made by students at the University of Calif…
Innovative teaching and learning approaches at Sheffield Hallam At one time student protest was as much a part of university life as getting drunk on Freshers’ Week. Now a university is giving some of its politics studen…