Learning gain metrics ‘cannot be used to compare universities’ Researchers clash with former minister on potential application of ‘distance travelled’ measures Anna McKie 9月 28日
UK ministers: legislation against essay mills ‘not off the table’ Forty-six sector heads sign letter calling on government to act against contract cheating Chris Havergal 9月 27日
World Academic Summit: ‘forget about science’ in politics Top Israeli scholar says he was told to leave behind his scientific qualities when he became a member of parliament Ellie Bothwell 9月 27日
Scottish university staff get sexual violence reporting cards Cards including details of support services have been designed to fit in wallets and purses Ellie Bothwell 9月 27日
Make Oxbridge admissions a lottery, Sutton Trust head says New book says random allocation of places is ‘only way of levelling the education playing field’ Anna McKie 9月 27日
Half of European students ‘not experiencing internationalisation’ Study finds that a quarter of students at European universities think internationalisation is of little importance Ellie Bothwell 9月 27日
World Academic Summit: German university plans museum to showcase research impact President of Humboldt University of Berlin says new public laboratory will help drive the ‘production, preservation and communication of knowledge’ Ellie Bothwell 9月 26日
Labour conference: MPs question party’s pledge to abolish fees Rosie Duffield says Labour should ‘keep that conversation open’, while Wes Streeting criticises ‘middle-class subsidy’ John Morgan 9月 26日
World Academic Summit: lecturers ‘must create culture of constructive failure’ Leaders of top universities say students must be pushed to ‘breaking point’ and allowed to fail Ellie Bothwell 9月 26日
First-generation students less likely to pick arts and humanities Data from the Office for Students appear to show vocational courses have bigger shares of such students Simon Baker 9月 26日
University complaints process ‘failing sexual harassment victims’ Complaints process can drag on for several years and is nearly impossible to challenge, says 1752 Group report Chris Havergal 9月 26日
It’s time to debunk the ‘nonsense’ about Prevent Claims that the UK’s counterterrorism strategy targets Muslims and harms free speech are ‘nonsense’, says Prevent coordinator Chris Sybenga Chris Sybenga 9月 26日