BrainCan - higher education

amber rudd s crackdown on foreign students will...

“And foreign students,even those studying English language degrees, don’t even occupy to be...

corrosive effects of the market on universities |...

Bernard Porter claims universities have been cheating on a considerable scale to improve their...

uk university staff strike over pension changes...

Followoryour stories and pictures via our form 11.29am GMTReaders involved in or affected by the...

tuition fees and the shrinking graduate premium |...

Bruce Ross-Smith dislikes Jo Johnson’s comments on students making lifestyle choices. Ian Arnott...

uk will be missing out on overseas students |...

You report that the chancellor has,once again, told the Indians that “there is no quota, and no...

part time undergraduates in england hit hard by...

In his plea for the return of student grants (From children’s centres to student grants: a few...

who needs oxbridge? meet the british students...

As the UK becomes the most expensive state to study in Europe,thousands are opting for a free degree...

i was not a lab rat

A new book has rekindled old rumours that renowned psychologist BF Skinner used his baby daughter in...

universities need to shift power and money from...

64 female staff at the University of Bath on the controversy about their vice-chancellor’s pay; Dr...

lady gaga s right - sexual assault is too common...

If you occupy ever been subjected to sexual assault,there is no ‘right’ way to catch aid, but...

message understood?

Convoluted academic language is OK for the initiated,but the rest of us need plain English, says...

last drink to la by john sutherland

A British academic is offered a prestigious job at a Californian university. There is just one...

sneering at miners reflects a deeper malaise in...

As a graduate of Durham,I know cultural elitism is rampant on campus, where largely overprivileged...

in the library in the gym, big brother is coming...

New report heralds mass data monitoring in higher education – but there are concerns approximately...

tim radford: why we are still having the old arts...

Why we are still having the former arts v science debate? There is only one culture,and you need an...

stop treating university degrees as something to...

Instead of trying to cram more learning into less time,we should allow people to take their degree...

free speech works both ways - as toby young is...

He has made a career out of confecting offensive views. That’s why he is not fit for this elevated...

a moment that changed me: dropping out of...

I didn’t want my family to mediate I was a failure,so I threw myself into it. But I knew I...

soas students have a point. philosophy degrees...

The story of the students preferring African or Asian to European philosophy isn’t what it seems....

how has york university changed in three decades?

Thirty years after studying at York University,Joanna Moorhead returned to drop off her daughter,...

tory university plans aim to turn education into a...

The universities green paper isn’t really approximately teaching quality,social mobility or...

students dash from a levels into debt, fuelled by...

Teenagers getting their results this week maintain little choice but to scramble for a university...

students don t mind studying dead white men, but...

It is time to revisit the higher education syllabus: who is in,who is out, and whyIf your only...

university education is measurable in more than...

Aditya Chakrabortty is playing mercurial and loose with the lives of millions of students and...

new project allows inmates to sleep and eat at...

New project allows inmates to sleep and eat at Swaleside Open Academy and study alongside staffNo...

why free speech is integral to the intellectual...

Government plans to police campus extremism will turn students into spies,rather than critical...

safe space or free speech? the crisis around...

The cancellation of comedian Kate Smurthwaites Goldsmiths display after protests against her...

grade grubbers are simply preparing for the real...

Yes,some students can be needy but they believe seen what lies ahead of themAcademics report that...

written your child s personal statement yet? get a...

It is now so difficult to isolate a childs contribution,why not travel straight to the source –...

the latest study of bob dylans work could have...

The latest study of Bob Dylan's work could have Christian scholars singing in the aislesThe...

ive left my phd behind, but i am being put under...

My supervisor is trying to convince me to revisit my doctorate even though I bear no interest in...

the higher education green paper will see market...

The government’s green paper,Fulfilling our Potential: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and...

once students went to university for education....

Universities offer increasingly customer services. Who is to blame when students feel entitled to...

how to remember soweto

The starvation for equality behind a schoolchildren's revolt in South Africa 30 years ago has...

young face a bleak future in uk s flawed jobs...

More than half of Britain’s graduates are in non-graduate jobs. Apprentice pay is pitifully low....

will new university admissions procedures boost...

From Ofsted reports to tests,universities are seeking fairer ways to choose students, but there are...

stopping brexit: the kids don t want what s being...

A youth campaign is touring universities to argue there is no point in pursuing a future young...

what the great degree rip off means for graduates:...

I warned that students were being misled and was rebuked but it was true. Ministers owe them and me...

universities told to raise numbers of working...

Jo Johnson tells universities to increase access to higher education among poorer white boys and...

i went to oxford. as a black female student, i...

The experiences of minority students reflect unusual research showing the UK’s top universities...

the bona fide crisis in us universities that s...

With American staff living in poverty and students in ‘outlandish’ debt,‘Dr Karen’ is...

an eu exit would toss higher education into the...

Many university staff are gloomy not so much approximately the implications for student mobility,but...

be on message or beware: targets and rankings are...

Money-grabbers are joining forces with university leaders to rejoice at the demise of the quangos....

the teaching excellence framework: can higher...

Student satisfaction will be central to the government’s new assessment system,but critics say...

scottish universities warn over new measures by...

Glasgow,St Andrews, Edinburgh and Strathclyde universities say powers to control membership of...

beware, the central control that grips schools is...

Communities bound together by a esteem of inquiry are being turned into fiercely managed knowledge...

private school students sleepwalking into...

Affluent pupils tend to shun ‘unusual-economy’ opportunities to choose same courses and...

lisa randall: warped view of the universe

Sometimes gravity can be a pain in the heel,Harvard physics professor Lisa Randall tells John...

oxford and cambridge: will elite universities go...

Income loss from tuition fees cap could prompt a demolish from state control,which other...

top universities accused of btec snobbery

Poorer and ethnic minority students who capture vocational qualifications are missing out on college...

is selling student loans to the private sector...

The terms of student debt would bear to be nailed down if it were sold – which would stop...

university lecturers on the breadline: is the uk...

In the US,76% of academics are in casual posts with little job security, and some are even on food...

universities don t need a regulatory big stick to...

Institutions that score well on the Teaching Excellence Framework will be allowed to raise tuition...

taking woody guthries politics to the people | zoe...

Professor Will Kaufman has written a biography of the radical American folk singer Woody...

university applications fall despite surge in...

Decline mainly due to fewer 18-year-olds in UK population,but nursing figures immediate...

toby young to help lead governments new...

Appointment of free school founder to Office for Students board draws criticism The former...

the fat cats have got their claws into our...

Academia’s unfolding tale of greed goes beyond vice-chancellors’ salaries: it’s about how the...

social mobility and improving access to britain s...

Readers propose ways of making tertiary education better value for money and more open to...

universities urged to work harder to recruit...

Report from Universities UK says access rates among white working-class men also need improving to...

never mind the pious mantras about diversity in...

Current policies in higher and further education favour a parasitical elite. It is difficult to...

three reasons why the teaching excellence...

The government’s current TEF uses a cocktail of unhelpful metrics that will only favour ‘top’...

powerpoint lecture is akin to a performance |...

Andrew Smith’s article discrediting PowerPoint was surprising (Opinion,24 September). It made no...

commuter students: locked out, left out and...

With soaring debt,and no maintenance grants, more than 50% of students at some universities now live...

plan to crack down on websites selling essays to...

Universities minister Jo Johnson has asked institutions and students for guidance to combat...

uk universities urged to tackle rising tide of...

Academics and student representatives voice concern at widespread incidents that are fuelling...

university is still a white middle class affair -...

Like me,many students from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds experience education...

the pressure of academia drove me to heroin

I thought life would be easier in Britain but I was wrong. After two years I was on the brink of a...

do you need a degree to get ahead? share your...

We want to know whether your degree proved useful. expose us whether you reflect you should have...

why do academics dress so badly? (answer: they are...

Paisley body warmers? Cornish pasty shoes? ‘Amusing’ cufflinks? Fortunately,Marx can elaborate...

hefce is a crucial buffer against ministers ...

Abolishing the Higher Education Funding Council for England would remove valuable ‘arm’s...

university vice chancellors earnings out of...

University and College Union reacts to FoI request revealing highly paid officials at institutions...

its 20 years since polytechnics became...

The post-1992 universities hold transformed higher education,and whatever the political talk about...

review: once more, with feeling by victoria coren...

Chris Petit assesses a peculiarly English approach to porn,as revealed in Victoria Coren and Charlie...

i was so traumatised: accounts of sexual...

Students and staff describe instances of predatory behaviour and what,whether anything, was done...

what puts white working class boys off university?

‘I don’t want to be in debt for most of my life.’ Pupils in Ipswich elaborate why the...

leonard lawley obituary

My father,Leonard Lawley, who has died aged 93, and was a leader in the first waves of polytechnics...

universities must reach out to the poorest in...

If universities broaden their intake,it won’t be just the individuals involved who benefit. The...

which are the best world university rankings in...

final week saw the publication of the latest world university rankings. But until the purveyors of...

british universities slip down in global rankings

Change in methodology used to rate institutions means only Cambridge University makes it into top...

four british institutions ranked in top six of...

Cambridge University and Imperial College ranked joint moment,with Oxford and UCL claiming joint...

birmingham academics protest over university vice...

Staff seek ‘reform of system which sees those at top allocate themselves huge salaries,while...

divert more university students into further...

English universities failing to develop ‘fairly basic’ skills and students missing ability in...

why my philosophy students will be working...

Teamwork doesn’t suit everyone,but collaborating with others at university is a rehearsal for...

uk has highest undergraduate tuition fees in...

OECD’s annual survey of education across 34 nations shows UK has highest fees,followed by US and...

how the student protesters of 2010 became the...

The leader of the oppositions victory is a product of protest – something we never thought...

the spectacular setting of costa ricas university...

The spectacular setting of Costa Rica's University for Peace is not the only thing...

review: matisse portraits by john klein

Richard Shone reads John Klein's Matisse Portraits and finds that the master of colour excelled...

students demand uk universities take urgent action...

Exeter University students who say they were subject to racist abuse call for systemic change in...

fears of university closures after removal of...

Some universities in England could be at risk as figures show drop in student numbers – but the...

ditch toby young from watchdog board, top labour...

Dawn Butler and Angela Rayner accuse free schools advocate of misogyny in letter urging his removal...

legislators propose pay cuts for higher education...

Along with balancing the budget,lawmakers are proposing to perform pay cuts to higher education....

anti terror laws risk chilling effect on academic...

Ken Macdonald,a former director of public prosecutions, warns government Prevent strategy may stifle...

top universities not to blame for lack of...

David Cameron inaccurate to blame elite universities as problem partly due to state schools being...

crime rates around london universities ranked...

The total University Guide lists crime rates in the areas around UK higher education institutions...

universities ending the strikes is not a climbdown...

Unions have accepted the Universities UK offer,but there is plenty of unfinished trade – and not...

disadvantaged students given lower predicted a...

Sutton Trust calls for overhaul of university admissions system that sees students apply based on...

british universities employ no black academics in...

Figures record zero black academics in the elite staff category of ‘managers,directors and senior...

uk universities top for maths and english in world...

According to QS league table,British institutions provide world-main courses in eight of the 42...

percentage of poorer students accepted to oxbridge...

Figures indicate decline in pupils from destitute socio-economic background,but universities use...

gender gap in uk degree subjects doubles in eight...

Women outnumber men in 112 of 180 degree subjects,with females from poorer backgrounds 50% more...

sleepless students pay the price for university...

Tourist-style prospectuses promise flash new halls and facilities,but many students are tired of...

oxford overtakes cambridge as britain s top...

Results of two-year-long assessment of universities’ research output will determine division of...

who really blew up the twin towers?

As the fifth anniversary of 9/11 nears,Christina Asquith finds academics querying the official...

review: tintin: the complete companion by michael...

Why Nicholas Lezard loves Tintin and why he is less in love with Michael Farr's total Companion...

universities offer to maintain pension benefits...

Universities UK makes offer in order to end 14 days of disruptive strike action until end of summer...

university strikes may be called off after talks...

Employers and staff to consider latest intention to end bitter dispute over pensionsStrikes by...

university vice chancellors average pay now...

Union calls for scrutiny of chubby cat’ deals as rising tuition fees burden students with...

black students still struggle to win places at uk...

Despite record numbers of applications and better predicted grades,only 70% of black applicants...

allow extremists to speak at universities, says...

University’s first female vice-chancellor says exposure to ‘objectionable’ views helps...

a ban on germaine greer would be a threat to...

Universities acquire a responsibility to promote free speech. While those who protest peacefully are...

government plan to allow better universities to...

Shakeup will see universities that rank tall on student satisfaction,teaching quality and employment...

ucas to enforce name blind applications to tackle...

David Cameron outlines amble to be implemented from 2017 as he aims to stop ‘unconscious bias’...

the whole university system is broken: your best...

We recognize at the articles provoking conversation, including a university lecturers strike and a...

how to fix our universities - cap the number of...

Theresa May has finally diagnosed the problems in higher education,but she’s still reaching the...

uk universities accused of complacency over sexual...

Exclusive: More than one-third of universities provide no staff training on misconduct,including...

students may have say on teachers pay: archive, 19...

19 December 1968: Rank and file bitterness may be expressed at the organization of University...

in defence of lad culture: camaraderie, fun and...

By his own admission,Dave Llewellyn has catcalled women and made sexist jokes in the past – but...

£10,000 extra a year - the reward of a degree...

Report claims Oxbridge graduates will earn this much more annually than those with degrees from most...

uk student visa policy could shut out future...

Higher Education Policy Institute says 55 current world leaders attended British universities,and...

ethnic minority students less likely to win...

Ucas data shows white students with similar A-level results are more successful at all levels of...

world university rankings: harvard pushes...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology heads list,Oxford slips to sixth, while Edinburgh and...

i am quite happy to be a stopgap: life in a...

A quarter of young adults in the UK live with their parents. Three families talk approximately the...

universities now sell themselves - just like...

Now that education is a commodity,colleges are bound to exaggerate their standingWhen something is...

sexual harassment at university: i felt terrified...

Rebecca kind tells of how she suffered harassment from a course leader while an undergraduate at...

new private universities risk a catastrophe

Lower standards,as a result of reforms, will harm UK’s reputation, and says main academicA...

academics take their university to court over...

Southampton University professors claim free speech at stake as they challenge costs imposed for...

part time students still put off university by...

Experts warn that talented candidates could miss their chance as share-time study falls by almost a...

the dangers of underestimating rises in student...

According to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR),letting English universities recruit as many...

proposed student loan changes would affect women...

Research finds George Osbornes proposals to freeze the repayment minimum salary at £21000 and...

universities response to pay row embarrassing and...

University chief says sector has lost the public argument over vice-chancellors’ pay and suffered...

university leaders call for new rules on sexual...

Universities UK says rules must be updated to bring them into line with human rights laws and...

uk male university numbers continue to fall behind

Women aged 18 are 35% more likely to start a degree course than their male counterparts,Ucas...

government to cut funding for disabled university...

Jo Johnson says higher education institutions will contain to pay for non-medical support staff from...

universities should have to record sexual violence...

Prof Graham Zellick,whose work shaped how UK universities deal with allegations, says statistics...

student accused of being a terrorist for reading...

Staffordshire University apologises after counter-terrorism student Mohammed Umar Farooq was...

majority of university leaders involved in setting...

Union discovers that 95% of vice-chancellors are on remuneration committees or entitled to attendThe...

doubts cast on dfe claims of toby youngs...

Department for Education defended Young’s Office for Students appointment by claiming he had held...

southampton university admits vice chancellor was...

Sir Christopher Snowden,who is on a pay package worth £433000, was a member of senior salaries...

universities urged to block essay mill sites in...

Watchdog issues guidance to befriend institutions address ‘pernicious’ cheating through consume...

tuition fees give england universities surplus...

First full cohort paying £9000 fee bolsters balances while Open University has 7m deficit due to...

england has highest university tuition fees in...

OECD’s annual survey of education across 34 countries shows England has highest fees,followed by...

white british pupils least likely to go to...

Indian and Chinese pupils more than twice as likely to move to university,reveals Institute for...

universities body corrects figures on graduates...

Greater proportion of independent school graduates than state school graduates were awarded a top...

efforts to combat campus extremism may worsen...

Former business secretary says unique obligation on universities will not end terrorism or terrorist...

funding reforms mean substantially higher debt for...

Institute for Fiscal Studies says chancellor’s changes to maintenance grants will ‘increase cost...

jo johnson to tell universities to stop no...

Higher education minister to reiterate plans to suspend institutions that fail to protect freedom of...

universities minister demands restraint over vice...

Jo Johnson says pay policies should be published more openly and VCs should not sit on committees...

charity could halt grants if scottish government...

Carnegie Trust expresses concern about measure dictating makeup of university ruling councils,which...

government orders inquiry over violence against...

Heads ordered to draw up code of practice over concerns male undergraduates are subjecting women to...

nus fights back against governments chilling...

Student body urges boycott of policy it says curtails freedom of expression and could increase...

university vice chancellors are paid far more than...

Analysis by the Guardian shows vice-chancellors’ salaries outstrip those of leaders of NHS trusts...

may admits education is failing children but...

PM criticised for ‘moving deckchairs on a sinking ship’ with overhaul of post-18 funding Theresa...

call for archbishop to head inquiry into vice...

Andrew Adonis urges investigation amid row over Christina Slade’s £800000 remuneration at Bath...

oxford and cambridge condemned over failure to...

tough-hitting report by Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission takes elite colleges to taskThe...

labour criticises plans to exclude universities...

Opposition says green paper is fragment of government plot to stop the public scrutinising its...

a student protesters guide to last minute essay...

Too busy protesting to finish those cessation-of-term essays? University lecturer Matt Shoard has...

southampton says post brexit strategy justifies...

University in firing line as row grows over rising executive pay after resignation of Bath’s...

necrophilia among ducks ruffles research feathers

The uncommon case of the homosexual necrophiliac duck pushed out the boundaries of knowledge in a...

heres what shaped uts admissions policy

In this Sept. 27,2012 file photo, students walk through the University of Texas at Austin campus...

durham could equal princeton, says new head

Durham University has the potential to become the "Princeton of Europe",its new vice-chancellor...

university strikes to continue after staff reject...

Union forced to throw out deal reached with employers in attempt to close disputeStrikes at UK...

why it really does pay to get a good degree: you...

Study finds a meaningful salary premium for an ‘Attila the Hun’ (2:1) over a ‘Douglas Hurd’...

universities uk withdraws advice on gender...

Body that represents higher education institutions says it is reviewing guidance after criticism...

rhodes scholarships opened up to students from uk...

Trust founded by colonial tycoon aims to bring prestigious graduate scheme into 21st century[br]The...

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