The week in higher education – 25 April 2024
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
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Venki Ramakrishnan: ‘unfriendly’ visas would’ve nixed my UK move
Nobel-winning former Royal Society president discusses his concerns over the UK’s ‘too high’ visa costs, anti-ageing science and older academics who refuse to retire
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66 institutions in the red
SIXTY-SIX institutions were in deficit in 1995/96, according to figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency, 15 more than in 1994/95. HESA's new reference volume, Resources of Higher...
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US student voting advocates look to build on 2020 jump
Leadership alliances and equity focus set to battle political interference and disillusion with candidates after strong gain in previous presidential poll
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Skidmore: dragging foreign students into culture war helps no one
Former universities minister warns that Conservatives’ ‘talking down’ of higher education sector will hit UK economy
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Have universities got their fingers on the pulse of digital health?
Innovations such as wearable tech and mobile apps are expected to revolutionise healthcare and generate fortunes. But which researchers and institutions are taking their 10,000 steps, and what should...
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UK university applications down for third year in a row
Ucas data reveals drop in application rate among UK school-leavers and significant declines in international interest from key sectors, with least selective institutions bearing brunt
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How I learned that preserving the male status quo was leaders’ real task
As a woman concerned by gender inequality, I could be tolerated coming up to the elbows of the men in power, but not to their shoulders, says Pat O’Connor
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‘Endemic’ casualisation ‘a choice, not a necessity’, says UCU
Union ranks institutions on efforts to better support precarious workforce, and finds most failing to get to grips with the issue
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Vice-chancellors fear UK sector is hurtling into financial crisis
Almost no leaders in THE survey expect government to support a university in serious trouble, as domestic and international funding woes leave one v-c fearing ministers ‘want to drive us out of...
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INTO sells a quarter stake for £66 million
INTO University Partnerships, which co-owns international student centres with several universities, has sold a 25 per cent stake of its business to a private equity firm for £66 million.
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Universities hit hard by ‘catastrophic’ fall in trainee teachers
Number of new teacher trainees entering some universities has fallen by as much as 66 per cent, as experts warn of ‘crisis’ in recruitment
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66% of staff slate bureaucratic Hefce
Two-thirds of university and college staff feel the Higher Education Funding Council for England is bureaucratic and a third feel it is inflexible and lacks transparency. The fourth Mori survey,...
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Hertfordshire’s £66K fine is first major OfS sanction
‘Seriously negligent’ university overcharged students on franchised course ‘persistently’