Get into the festive spirit with these three higher education Christmas songs
Christmas songs are all well and good, but have you ever wished that they had more of a higher education theme?
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South Korean professors charged over alleged plagiarism scheme
Close to 200 university professors in South Korea are to stand trial over charges that they fraudulently put their names to books written by other academics as part of a racket with publishing companies to sell more publications.
Most international graduate students in US on master’s degrees
More than three-quarters of first-time international graduate students in the US are enrolled in master’s or certificate programmes, new data has found.
South African government patches holes in student funding regime
An extra 6.9 billion rand (£306 million) will be pumped into South Africa’s higher education system to tackle a student finance crisis which triggered nationwide protests.
Apollo buys German for-profit college for $105 million
US for-profit provider Apollo Education Group has bought a German college for $105 million (£71 million).
Moocs: international credit transfer system edges closer
Six universities in talks on global credit transfer system for online courses
US court backs university decision to refuse teacher training applicant
A US federal appeals court last week ruled that the University of Hawaii was within its rights to deny permission to a candidate for teacher certification ...
‘Generational schism’ on race lines could cut public support for higher education
“Racial sensitivity” among older white voters could cut public support for higher education spending in places where the university-age population is increasingly ethnically diverse,
Postgraduates’ struggles with workload raise ‘concern’ for HEA
More than one-quarter of full-time postgraduates studying for a master’s and nearly half of those working towards certificates or diplomas do not believe that their workload is manageable, according to a major survey.
How David Bowie opened my eyes to academia
This morning at about 6.30am I awoke to breaking news about David Bowie.
