Get back in the saddle
In the academy all must have prizes, but nothing breeds success like failure. Steven Schwartz argues that students gain more from blind alleys than from victory processions, as failure engenders the...
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Leader: Set straight by a painful setback
Sometimes an unpleasant knock can be useful in forcing people to rethink the most appropriate way ahead
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Research Intelligence - The biggest and the best, for everyone
Pan-European network allows access to national cutting-edge biology facilities. Paul Jump reports
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Children's Lives
Hugh Cunningham ponders our enduring nostalgia for childhoods past and asks if we still yearn for a Romantic ideal
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Government demands that separate work and values discredit us
To be ethical, a funding system must recognise that what universities do supports the common good, argues Thomas Docherty
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Sorbonne année
Howard Davies on league tables and rebranding exercises
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29 March 2012
Crash course - If failure is not an option, students will never succeed
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University participation rate stalls
The growth in the proportion of young people participating in higher education has stalled after years of steady increases, according to new figures.
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Campus Review: Hecs black hole reaches A$500m
By Susan Woodward, for Campus Review
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London lecturers strike over pensions
Lecturers from post-1992 universities in London are joining school teachers in a walk-out to protest against changes to their pensions.
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Ucas ditches PQA plan
Plans for students to apply to university after getting their grades have been abandoned in the face of opposition from schools and universities.
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University donations up but Budget raises worries over future
Universities have once again seen a rise in philanthropic donations, but there are warnings that a cap on tax relief announced in last week’s Budget could stop this progress “dead in its tracks”.
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Student visa system criticised by NAO
The National Audit Office has called for tougher action against overseas students who are breaking visa rules, prompting Universities UK to warn that “legitimate concerns about immigration” should...
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Inside Higher Ed: Bad behaviours
By Kaustuv Basu, for Inside Higher Ed
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Study highlights fees deterrent for postgraduates
Higher fees for UK master’s courses are deterring students from continuing their studies and the deterrent is strongest for those from poorer backgrounds, according to a new study.