Minister wants OfS ‘to do more’ on ‘poor-value’ courses But Sam Gyimah bases comments on data he accepts are only a ‘snapshot’ of what graduates go on to earn Simon Baker 11月 27日
Swansea University suspends v-c and management school dean Richard Davies and three others on leave while institution carries out an internal investigation Anna McKie 11月 26日
Durham student Matthew Hedges pardoned by UAE Doctoral student at was sentenced to life in prison on spying charges Ellie Bothwell 11月 26日
EU academics in UK quizzed about ‘moving home’ after Brexit Government poll condemned as insensitive Jack Grove 11月 26日
Social science doctoral training centres not working, says report Analysis of impact of doctoral training centres funded by Economic and Social Research Council prompts further questions over approach to postgraduate learning Rachael Pells 11月 26日
Scrap REF and allocate QR funding by headcount, says professor Oxford’s Dorothy Bishop says spread of funding would be largely unchanged Anna McKie 11月 23日
Campuses urged to fill gaps in ‘white, male’ institutional pasts Conference hears how the biases of historic collections need to be addressed Matthew Reisz 11月 23日
Birmingham union members vote to boycott Dubai campus Universities minister Sam Gyimah says student exchanges should continue, despite UAE’s jailing of Matthew Hedges Chris Havergal 11月 22日
USS to revisit ?7.5 billion deficit valuation Pension scheme will re-run its valuation and consult universities on proposals to save defined benefits, although April’s cost increases will go ahead Jack Grove 11月 22日
UK government sold student loans ‘for too little return’ MPs criticises government, which would have recouped ?1.7 billion sale price in just eight years’ repayments John Morgan 11月 22日
More transparency still needed on how fees are spent, says report Although less than half of fee income typically goes directly to teaching, English universities should not fear more openness, says Hepi study Simon Baker 11月 22日
DfE ‘bends over backwards’ to help England’s biggest for-profit Officials give GSM green light for public funding despite knowing of its financial worries, while ministers ‘refuse to back public universities’ John Morgan 11月 22日