University referrals to Prevent ‘strikingly low’, says review Controversial counter-terror scheme widely shunned by academics despite risks to universities from extremist groups Tom Williams 2月 9日
Scottish access commissioner eyes ‘mature conversation’ on target Government-set access target ‘can’t become a burden’ and there is ‘debate to be had’ on its metrics, says academic and ex-football referee John Morgan 2月 9日
Nursing and teaching hardest hit as UK applications drop Total number of applications to study for a degree in UK down by 2.3 per cent at January deadline Patrick Jack 2月 9日
Decisive action must follow the warm words about degree apprenticeships More support and less complex regulation will allow the hybrid qualifications to flourish across more English institutions and sectors, says Dan Lally Dan Lally 2月 9日
Ministers win free speech bill vote on right to sue universities Minister calls statutory tort an essential step to ‘cultural transformation’ John Morgan 2月 8日
How a soaring deficit brutalised UEA’s modernising ambitions Institution famed for its brutalist campus has paid price for bad luck and bad decisions, staff say Tom Williams 2月 8日
A 10 per cent UK pay rise would risk the livelihoods of many post-92 staff The ‘sector’ may be able to afford more than the current offer, but many individual universities cannot, says Peter Sloane Peter Sloane 2月 8日
Universities say loss of EU funding puts 1,000 Welsh jobs at risk Vice-chancellors say 60 research projects will come to an end this year without bridging funding Patrick Jack 2月 7日
Michelle Donelan to lead new science department in UK government Prime minister shakes up structures within government as well as ministerial team John Morgan 2月 7日
Karen Holford on how a degree apprenticeship was the first step to becoming a v-c In National Apprenticeship Week, we talk to the vice-chancellor who kicked off a stellar career with an apprenticeship Rosa Ellis 2月 7日
Brussels threatens Italy over failure to end lettori dispute European Commission warns of further legal action after Italian universities refuse to offer back pay to unjustly treated foreign lecturers Jack Grove 2月 7日
Ucas applicants to be shown apprenticeships alongside degrees UK higher education admissions service moves to put vocational routes into careers on an ‘equal footing’ with traditional options Tom Williams 2月 6日
