Academics ‘regularly lie to get research grants’
Scholars in the UK and Australia contemptuous of impact statements and often exaggerate them, study suggests
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End of grants ‘likely to force thousands more students to work’
The loss of student maintenance grants this autumn is likely to force thousands more undergraduates to live at home and take longer hours of paid work, a survey suggests.
University of the People founder: others ‘will emulate model’
President of free online university says universities will be forced to change either their price structure or their offering
Chinese universities must forge own path on teaching enterprise
Chinese universities need to “break away from the utilitarian view of entrepreneurship” in order to create enterprising students who start their own businesses, an education professor in the country has claimed.
Universities spending millions helping academics buy homes
Spiralling house prices in Oxford, Cambridge and London mean that universities are spending tens of millions of pounds to help academics buy homes, Times Higher Education has discovered.
Universities too ‘reactionary’ on private college ‘challenge’
The head of a for-profit college has criticised “vested interests” and a “reactionary response to challenge” among established universities.
Academics call for end to ‘witch-hunt’ of scholars in Turkey
Hundreds of academics have signed a letter hitting out at the treatment of academics in Turkey after a British scholar was deported from the country despite having lived there for 25 years.
Overseas student number falls ‘significant risk’ to sector
The number of first-year overseas students entering English universities fell again this year and visa issuances are down in seven of the UK’s top 10 countries for recruitment, show new figures that raise financial concerns for the sector.
UK universities want more ‘transparency’ from China on TNE laws
UK university staff have cited the lack of transparency around Chinese transnational education (TNE) legislation as one of the main barriers halting higher education partnerships between the two countries.
Professor ‘must apologise over blog post to keep job’
A year ago, Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, moved to revoke the tenure of and fire a controversial professor for statements he made about a graduate instructor, with her name, on his blog.
