FT Global MBA rankings
2008 Global MBA rankings Just published by the FT. Not hugely exciting but what does seem to me to be remarkable is that all of the UK institutions appearing in the top 100 have improved their positions since 2006 and al…
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Mc A-Levels
According to the BBC, a McDonald’s ‘A-level’ is to be launched Fast-food giant McDonald’s has become one of the first firms to offer its own nationally recognised qualifications. It will offer a “basic shift manager” cou…
Fee generosity?
In the context of reports about bursary support in English universities it is instructive to consider some recent developments from the Ivy League: First, from the Chronicle: Yale University said on Monday that it would …
Web searching: quality not quantity?
Interested to note the development of Intute This is the pitch: Intute is a free online service providing access to the very best web resources for education and research. All material is evaluated and selected by a netw…
Where to find £500m or so?
According to “THE” (that’s going to take a bit of getting used to – “have you seen the “THE” then?”), it’s a total savings package for DIUS of around £1.5B. A quoted DIUS VFM report says: “Key areas being targeted are in…
He really doesn't like the QAA
Entertaining Guardian interview with Thomas Docherty It includes some quotations from his forthcoming book which offer a choice perspective on the QAA: Is the Quality Assurance Agency (a) a safeguard designed to maintain…
He really doesn’t like the QAA
Entertaining Guardian interview with Thomas Docherty It includes some quotations from his forthcoming book which offer a choice perspective on the QAA: Is the Quality Assurance Agency (a) a safeguard designed to maintain…
Help from Mum and Dad
BBC Education has a report on this wonderful phenomenon: Parents are paying hundreds of pounds for degree-course essays for their children studying at university, claims an essay-writing service. The essay company, UKEss…
Questionable universities
Good and detailed report from the BBC on this particular institution: “Bogus university scam uncovered” An international education scam that targets foreign students who come to study in the capital has been exposed by a…
Festive MBA rankings
Some interesting contrasts between two recent MBA tables First up from the FT which has the following ranking of UK MBAs: 5 London Business School 15 University of Cambridge: Judge 19 University of Oxford: Saïd 22 Manche…
Great university videos of our time
There is something irredeemably twee about this invitation from the University of Maryland to enjoy the holiday season. Given the efforts which have gone into making it, it does invite the question: why? [youtube=http://…
Australian mediocrity?
From the Chronicle Good news for UK HE? Mediocrity Threatens Australian ‘Brand’ in Higher Education, Official Warns Australia has lost its edge as a leader in the global-export education industry as universities in the U…
Logo-ed up to the grave
An interesting if slightly macabre report from the Chronicle: University of Georgia graduates may love their alma mater, but for now, they can’t take it with them. For nearly five years, W. Scott Walston sold caskets tas…
US overspends on universities?
Amusing snippet in the Chronicle Economist Says U.S. Spends Too Much on Higher Education A paper released today by Richard K. Vedder, a professor of economics at Ohio University…says that most incremental appropriations …
Fees: "Almost impossible to understand"
According to a piece in the Guardian. Some students have been put off applying because the funding system is now among the most complex in the world, says the report by the consultancy London Economics, commissioned by M…
Fees: “Almost impossible to understand”
According to a piece in the Guardian. Some students have been put off applying because the funding system is now among the most complex in the world, says the report by the consultancy London Economics, commissioned by M…
2007 World Rankings: UK improvements
The detail of the QS-Thes table is due to be available on-line from 9 November according to THES. While we wait, the QS site will let you download the table. And the BBC carries the story too. 19 UK universities appear i…
Surrey catches on
According to the BBC website, Surrey is aiming to emulate the University of Nottingham’s internationalisation achievements in China and Malaysia. The Guardian also carries the story. The University of Surrey wants to off…
Tories take new line on Students' Unions
Follow up to earlier post on Willetts speech. After his widely reported statements on fees, David Willetts also commented (generally not noticed by the press) on Students’ Unions: “We value student unions. We salute them…
Tories take new line on Students’ Unions
Follow up to earlier post on Willetts speech. After his widely reported statements on fees, David Willetts also commented (generally not noticed by the press) on Students’ Unions: “We value student unions. We salute them…