29 July 2010
Boom then bust? - UK may pay high price for escalating overseas fees
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Tara Brabazon: Take note as another learning discipline slides away
After exam boards have been conducted, letters signed and mailed to students, external examiners thanked and supplementary assessments created, there is a moment – a fracture in time – where...
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US fights to take back the power in the overseas market
Universities use cash, partnerships and recruiters to make up lost ground. Jon Marcus reports
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A Critique of the Cuts
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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UKBA reimposes language restrictions on foreign applicants
The UK Border Agency has reintroduced language restrictions on overseas students applying for visas, a move that could have knock-on effects for universities.
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BPP wins university college status as David Willetts acts on pledge to boost private providers
BPP College of Professional Studies has become the first private provider to be awarded the university college title for more than 30 years.
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National strike looms as union says signals on talks with employers are ‘not good’
Higher education’s first national industrial action since 2006 is “very likely” and plans are being drawn up for a September ballot, the University and College Union has said.
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Fredrics cleared of harassment charge
An academic has been cleared of harassing his former vice-chancellor via a “satirical whistleblower website” – but has been convicted of a public order offence relating to a meeting between the two.
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University of Dundee - Young avatars' growth
Footballers aged 12 to 14 in Tayside and Fife are being sought by researchers to take part in a project investigating the effects of intensive training on bone growth. Despite football's global...
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Glasgow Caledonian University - Stirling work
Embroidery created by a team at a Scottish institution will be a prominent feature of ?12 million plans to restore Stirling Castle to its mid-16th-century splendour. The team led by Malcolm Lochhead...
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Lancaster/Liverpool/John Moores - M-Cat copycats
Substances touted as "legal substitutes" for mephedrone contain similar or related chemicals to the recently outlawed drug, according to research. Academics at Lancaster University, the University of...
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University for the Creative Arts - Swing out, sisters
A piece of art inspired by the rise of female pugilism is among the exhibits going on display to celebrate the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in London. The Olympia exhibition in Farnham, Surrey...
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Bucks New University - Ring-a-ding-ding the alarm, baby
Lecturers livened up a fire-safety warning for a conference by filming it as a Frank Sinatra-style video. The academics from Bucks New University emulated the famous crooner by donning dark suits and...
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Bath/Bristol/Southampton - Ark of tradition
The threat to historic buildings posed by catastrophic floods such as those that wreaked havoc in Cumbria last year is being investigated in a research project involving academics from three...
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University of East Anglia - Turning the poisonous tide
An "unfavourable and declining" habitat has sparked a ?2 million project to improve water quality in a Norfolk river. The quality of water in the River Wensum, a site of special scientific interest,...