David Willetts: ‘I find the concept of over-education repellent’
Graduate employment outcomes are obviously crucial. Yet we must be wary of judging courses and institutions on the basis of a few useful but misleading metrics
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Remote learning hits Australian student satisfaction
Lift your game, minister tells Covid-struck universities, as students mark institutions down on engagement
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Universities are going to ‘listen to students’, but which ones?
Profound change is in the offing for higher education, but history suggests non-Western students’ voices will not be heard, says Farish A. Noor
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‘European universities’ dream falters amid funding uncertainty
Brussels-backed pilot project has borne fruit, but leaders say creating ‘seamless mobility’ across continent has been even more expensive and bureaucratic than expected
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Be honest and take sides on big issues, universities told
Policy expert suggests institutions could back Brexit, a republic or rebrand themselves as a ‘Black Lives Matter university’
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Axeing predicted grades ‘may hinder, not help’ widening access
New analysis suggests concerns that exam forecasts harm equality ‘are not supported’ by data
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The week in higher education – 18 March 2021
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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18 March 2021 digital edition
Splashing the cash: how far can EU universities ride the post-Covid spending wave?
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Interview with Marian Asantewah Nkansah
Winner of award for women in science in the developing world discusses growing up in a family of eight in Ghana and ‘feeling like Christmas’ when she is on a podium
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Aldwyn Cooper, 1949-2021
Tributes paid to a ‘flair-filled force for good’ who secured degree-awarding powers for only the UK’s second private university
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Why I no longer read anonymous comments
If writers aren’t held responsible for their words, they have no incentive to write reflectively and precisely, says Joe Moran
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How far can EU universities ride the post-Covid spending wave?
Amid the economic ravages inflicted by the coronavirus, the EU has agreed a huge stimulus package. But while research in some countries looks set for a transformational boost, it may be a different...
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Language departments in peril as Asia keeps foreign students away
Japanese and Korean schools struggle to recruit as border restrictions continue
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Australian international education ‘has failed soft power test’
Chinese students becoming more supportive of authoritarian government during time in liberal democracy
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Dominic Cummings: give Aria ‘extreme freedom’ from red tape
Former Downing Street guru says UK’s new research agency must be freed from ‘expensive disaster zone’ of science bureaucracy