Whilst UK institutions are facing significant financial challenges, the situation in Ireland seems distinctly difficult according to the Irish Independent. The paper states that up to 750 jobs are to be cut by December a…
Whilst UK institutions are facing significant financial challenges, the situation in Ireland seems distinctly difficult according to the Irish Independent. The paper states that up to 750 jobs are to be cut by December a…
The first group of four Graduate Trainees are coming to the end of their year-long programme which has been extremely successful. As the advert for the 2009-10 scheme describes it: The University is delighted to announce…
The IUSS Committee’s recent report on students and universities is a most extraordinary document in all sorts of ways. One of the more entertaining propositions relates to university league tables where the Committee acc…
Really good competition being run by the University of Sheffield Sheffield Made Us is a competition (for a £3k prize) open to the University’s students which invites them to make a 3 minute video about the value of their…
Good news or bad news? Not a lot to write home about with very little change but BBC reports that satisfaction rate ‘slips’: This year’s final year students in England were marginally less happy with their university exp…
Could it happen in the UK? The Guardian reports that Trina Thompson, an unemployed graduate of Monroe College in New York, is suing the school for not working hard enough to find her a job: Thompson claims Monroe College…
The Guardian is reporting that universities may cancel freshers’ week because of swine flu concerns: Universities are working on emergency plans to postpone freshers’ week activities and shut down parts of their campuses…
The Guardian is reporting that universities may cancel freshers’ week because of swine flu concerns: Universities are working on emergency plans to postpone freshers’ week activities and shut down parts of their campuses…
Universities using social media A very interesting set of examples this: 10 Ways Universities Share Information Using Social Media What this really highlights is how many more opportunities there are better to exploit so…
New MA in Rhetoric at the University of Central Lancashire BBC News has a report on the new degree which, seems to be the first in the UK. There are many similar courses in US universities and it is perhaps a bit surpris…
The Edgeless University – Demos Available for download: via Demos Publications This is an interesting paper which identifies a range of significant technological challenges for higher education. It is suggested that univ…
The Edgeless University – Demos Available for download: via Demos Publications This is an interesting paper which identifies a range of significant technological challenges for higher education. It is suggested that univ…
According to BBC Education, at least But the survey quoted here reports a reduction in the number of vacancies compared to 2008 and a reduction against target: There is further evidence of a tough graduate jobs market wi…
According to BBC Education, at least But the survey quoted here reports a reduction in the number of vacancies compared to 2008 and a reduction against target: There is further evidence of a tough graduate jobs market wi…
It seems that global rankings might not be entirely terrible The Chronicle carries an item on a report suggesting, somewhat surprisingly, that there are some benefits arising from league tables. The report, “Impact of Co…
European project launched to develop a new international league table Global Higher Ed has a report on the decision by the European Commission to award a million euro tender to develop and test a global ranking of univer…
An honourable business for the President and the frog? There has been a bit of controversy recently about Barack Obama receiving an Honorary Degree from Notre Dame University and not receiving one from Arizona State. It’…
THE reports on a really rather creative initiative at St Andrews Every new student enrolling at the University of St Andrews this autumn will be sent a novel during the summer and will be encouraged to discuss it with ot…
Latest UK university league table has been published by The Times (last year’s ranking in brackets): 1 Oxford (1) 2 Cambridge (2) 3 Imperial College (3) 4 St Andrews (5) 5 University College London (7) 6 Warwick (6) 7 Lo…