Non-Russell Group degree ‘harms affluent women’s prospects’
Study finds women from the highest socio-economic group are more likely to be in insecure work if they attend university outside mission group than if they had no degree at all
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Sheffield spends apprenticeship levy on managers taking its MBAs
University urged to spend its levy money on training for wider community, not its ‘highest-paid’ staff
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Universities ‘leave locals out of internationalisation efforts’
For internationalism to succeed, universities must engage more with their local communities and students, major study says
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Student exchanges ‘still driven by professor relations’
Many student exchanges are still driven by professor-to-professor links but they don’t undergo robust evaluation, says expert who has created new success measuring toolÂ
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Academic mothers ‘work similar hours to fathers’ in US
Study challenges the idea that it is primarily parenthood that hinders women’s careers – but in Germany, the picture is very different
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Tie research grants to career development efforts, v-c says
Ahead of publication of revised concordat, Brunel leader calls for funding agencies to give document greater importance
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Internationalisation can ‘resist globalisation backlash’
Experts say that inclusive internationalisation strategies that reach the entire university community are more essential than ever
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Mervyn King is wrong to deny USS deficit
The former Bank of England governor’s broadside against academic pension cuts relied on ‘reckless’ and ‘absurd’ assumptions, say John Ralfe and Bernard Casey
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MAC report: curious earnings figures and a hush on net migrant target
John Morgan puzzles over committee’s use of questionable graduate earnings data as basis to reject return of post-study work visas
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Ministers warned against rushing knowledge exchange funding link
‘Imprudent’ to attach too much weight to first iteration of knowledge exchange framework, conference hears
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Five reasons why the Migration Advisory Committee report is so disappointing
Nick Hillman explains why the much-anticipated UK review of overseas student policy gets it so wrong
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Migration Advisory Committee review: UK sector responds
Widespread disappointment at panel’s conclusions about policy on overseas students
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UK universities among those spending smallest share on staff
Data in OECD’s Education at a Glance shows large variation in proportion of current expenditure being spent on teachers and support staff
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UK overseas student review rejects key changes sought by sector
MAC report fails to back calls for reform on inclusion of students in migrant count and post-study work, but questions overall migrant target
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Many graduates leaving university under-skilled, says OECD
UK should focus more on improving ‘skills value’ of degrees rather than subsidising loans, suggests director of education and skills