Does the Brexit ‘shitshow’ emanate from ‘elite’ education? Plenty on the Continent see a link between Brexit and English educational hierarchy, writes John Morgan John Morgan 5月 22日
Damian Hinds: some v-cs trying to ‘justify damaging practices’ Education secretary hits back at university leaders who called his intervention on ‘conditional unconditional’ offers unlawful John Morgan 5月 22日
German university’s London campus will ‘send anti-Brexit signal’ Technical University of Munich outpost may be joint venture with Imperial College London Ellie Bothwell 5月 22日
Dutch to rein in scramble for research grants in sector shake-up ‘Competition in scientific research has gone too far,’ says government-appointed committee proposing wide-ranging reform package David Matthews 5月 21日
UK plans quality ‘Kitemark’ for PhD supervisors Certification scheme will give academics the recognition they deserve, says initiative’s architect Nick Mayo 5月 21日
English fee cut ‘could torpedo Welsh funding settlement’ Cardiff policymakers unlikely to be able to make up lost tuition fee income while continuing generous maintenance support Rachael Pells 5月 21日
The UK’s international education strategy needs more internationalisation Efforts to accrue more overseas fees could be vetoed by the 网曝门 Office and will do little to make UK students more culturally savvy, warns Peter Brady Peter Brady 5月 21日
Oxford wants one in four students to be from poorer backgrounds University to launch two new schemes for state school students, with one offering 50 places on basis of lower contextual grades John Morgan 5月 21日
Grade inflation: English universities asked to report next year Move follows agreement over ‘statement of intent’ on tackling issues linked to rise in firsts and 2:1s in UK Simon Baker 5月 20日
Leiden builds bridges with campus in The Hague 网曝门 of United Nations court and Dutch government has no university of its own – but Leiden’s outpost ‘could grow to 10,000 or 20,000’ students John Morgan 5月 19日
SOAS staff ‘appalled’ by colleague standing for far-right AfD Employees and students have organised a protest, with some calling for academic to be dismissed Ellie Bothwell 5月 17日
Universities’ journal costs still outstripping inflation Despite attempts to renegotiate contracts, European institutions face an annual price hike of 3.6 per cent David Matthews 5月 17日
