PhD students 'embarrassed' to be self-funded
Blog posts reveal a lack of ‘socio-academic’ confidence among doctoral students paying their own way
Search
-
-
Lower-grade foreign queue-jumpers a 'myth'
Overseas students beat UK peers’ tariff scores on many courses, analysis suggests
-
Fay Weldon speaks up for creative writing
If creativity can’t be taught, the invaluable craft of writing can, says novelist and Bath Spa professor
-
Evidence and insight be damned
In the training of teachers, ministers seem determined to sideline universities with little thought for the consequences
-
Educationalists must do better
Education academics must demonstrate their practical relevance if they wish to save their discipline, argues John Furlong
-
Global Gender Index, 2013
Glass ceiling remains in place for female academics. Jack Grove reports
-
Foreign doctors in Germany need no longer be taxi drivers
Germany ensures degrees of highly skilled migrants are recognised. Frances Mechan-Schmidt reports
-
Latest Salford job cuts enrage UCU
The latest round of job cuts at the University of Salford could see up to 87 professional service staff made redundant, with the institution blaming a fall in student numbers under the new system.
-
É«ºÐÖ±²¥ rankings podcast: Russia
Times Higher Education World University Rankings editor Phil BatyPodcast Powered By PodbeanTimes Higher Education World University Rankings editor Phil Baty visits Moscow to speak with Irina...
-
Trac burden cut after Hefce review
Universities are to benefit from a reduced administrative burden in supplying information about their costs, but government pressure to give more of such data to students has met with a cool response.
-
Manchester wins record fourth University Challenge title
The University of Manchester has equalled the record for University Challenge wins after beating University College London in last night’s final
-
Euro Mooc opens up for business
The first pan-European massive open online course initiative has been launched by the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities.
-
Inside Higher Ed: ‘Advantage’ for Chinese Applicants?
Elizabeth Redden, for Inside Higher Ed
-
Birkbeck tributes to "jazzy, snazzy, complete historian" Hobsbawm
A celebration of the life and influence of legendary historian Eric Hobsbawm, who died last October at the age of 95, brought out family, friends and fellow scholars in force at Birkbeck, University...
-
Postgraduate diversity "not good enough", figures show
Fewer than ten graduates each from Black Caribbean and Bangladeshi minority groups make the transition to a research degree each academic year, a study has found.