Keeping our heads down is a bad tactic in the culture war
To our detriment, US higher education has become a trench line in the ongoing culture war.
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Yale students flock to the pursuit of happiness
When Laurie Santos designed a new university course that would aim to show students how to be happy, she thought that it might generate some interest.
Putting a prison at the heart of a university campus
There are British universities that own castles, grottoes and even a sewage plant. But Rama Thirunamachandran, at Canterbury Christ Church University, is proud to be the only vice-chancellor who has purchased a prison.
Publisher drops plan to charge extra for old papers after outcry
Publisher Taylor & Francis has dropped plans to charge extra for access to older research papers online, after more than 110 universities signed a letter of protest.
UK Students ‘deeply sceptical’ of variable fees, polling reveals
Students are opposed to the introduction of variable tuition fees in English higher education, according to polling that emerges amid growing criticism of the government’s hopes of delivering greater price competition in the sector.
Women in gender-equal countries less likely to gain STEM degrees
Women in countries with high levels of gender equality are less likely to gain degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields, according to a study.
Open-access charges ‘create new inequalities’ in publishing
A global shift towards open-access publishing is opening up new types of inequality within academia, according to research that highlights institutional “stratification” in publishing access outcomes.
Mindfulness exercises ‘help students stay focused in class’
Taking part in brief mindfulness exercises can help university students stay focused during lectures, researchers have claimed.
Higher education aid project’s £3.3 million ‘largely squandered’
Questions have been raised about the value of international organisations providing aid for developing countries’ higher education systems, after the veterans of one project warned that much of its $4.6 million (£3.3 million) budget had been squande
One in three students globally now in private higher education
One in three students globally is enrolled in private higher education institutions, according to research that reveals the huge growth and wide reach of private providers.
