Student complaints watchdog to name and shame two institutions
Two universities have failed to comply with decisions made by the student complaints watchdog, in the first such instances, a cross-party group of MPs has heard.
Two universities have failed to comply with decisions made by the student complaints watchdog, in the first such instances, a cross-party group of MPs has heard.

By Steve Kolowich, for Inside Higher Ed
Fears about the future of postgraduate study in the UK have been raised by a survey which suggests that many current students would not embark on postgraduate study if they had to pay undergraduate...

The University of Liverpool has announced plans to invest 拢600 million in its facilities, with 拢250 million of that sum going towards new student accommodation.
European Union funding for research and innovation should be more focused on green growth, according to a Department for Business, Innovation and Skills report.
The University of Birmingham sent senior administrators to two US institutions for a 鈥渢ransatlantic summit鈥 as part of its preparations for the UK鈥檚 more market-oriented funding regime.
Lord Sainsbury of Turville, the businessman and former science minister, has been nominated by the University of Cambridge to succeed the Duke of Edinburgh as chancellor after the royal stands down...

Rankings provide insights that can help guide policymakers, but politicians must be aware of their inherent limitations, says Phil Baty
A number of universities fear that up to a third of overseas postgraduate students may fail to take up their places this autumn due to changes to visa rules, it has been claimed.

A return to the beginning of history recasts the story of modernisation. Frank Furedi is enlightened

Christoph Bode gets a backstage pass to the creation of a scholar's fiction and his academic work
Like so many other people, I am often tired and drowning in a morass of demands. At these times I long to be somewhere calm, hot and by the sea because, as Jessica Jacobs points out, a beach holiday...
Does the world need another book about Richard Feynman? The legendary physicist's life and work is nothing if not well documented. There are scholarly studies of his main contributions to science, in...
Will the world be steered by a benign hegemon or by darker forces? Andrew Gamble wonders
This is an elegant book. The elegance begins with its appearance: slender, with sparing cover adornment in subdued colours, and no capital letters in the title or the author's name. It continues with...