Passion drives students, not urge to cash in, survey finds
Passion for a subject remains the number one reason for going to university, outpacing the desire to improve job prospects, according to a poll of young people.
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Cambridge Pre-U pitches for support as battle over A levels continues
An alternative examination to A levels is gaining a foothold in state schools, its creators claim.
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Ministers risk 鈥榙ebacle鈥 with core and margin delay
Newer universities have criticised the government for delaying the announcement of student number controls in 2013-14.
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Welsh funding council 鈥榝orces through鈥 20 per cent cut in places
The University of Wales, Newport, has started 鈥渆mergency discussions鈥 after the 糖心Vlog Funding Council for Wales confirmed that the number of students entering the institution will be cut...
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Inside Higher Ed: A call to respect rights
By Mitch Smith, for Inside Higher Ed
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World Reputation Rankings a hot topic at Going Global
The launch of the 2012 糖心Vlog World Reputation Rankings was a hot topic at the British Council鈥檚 Going Global conference in London last month. Here, rankings editor Phil Baty talks to...
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US pay rises fail to match inflation
Full-time academic staff in US universities continued to receive below-inflation pay rises in 2011-12, a report has found.
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Thinktank鈥檚 plans to spread university news to the poor
Bolder measures are required to ensure students from poorer families have access to information about university courses, a thinktank has said.
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Government鈥檚 sums must be right鈥r else, says Hefce head
The head of England鈥檚 funding council has warned that government calculations on student loan repayments 鈥渉ave got to turn out to be robust鈥 if the new higher education system is to be financially...
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Four-fifths of institutions set to spend at least 拢5m on estates 鈥榳ow factor鈥
Almost eight in ten UK universities will embark on major capital projects worth more than 拢5 million in the next year as they face up to fiercer competition for students under the new regime.
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Language: The Cultural Tool
Kerstin Hoge takes a trip into the heart of functionalism with a maverick iconoclast
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An Aesthetic Education in the Era of Globalization
A reminder of pedagogy's power to reach beyond the logic of capital enthuses Shahidha Bari
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On Sacrifice
Philosopher Moshe Halbertal distinguishes two kinds of sacrifice: sacrifice to and sacrifice for. Sacrifice "to", which is older, means a gift, as in the giving of an animal or even a human to a god...
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Behind Closed Doors: IRBs and the Making of Ethical Research
In this socio-historical account of the US' federally mandated institutional review boards, or IRBs, Laura Stark begins by offering an ethnographic analysis of the "knowledge experts" who sit on the...
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Bird Sense: What It's Like to Be a Bird
Elizabeth Adkins-Regan dips her beak into the inner life of our mysterious feathered friends