England needs meaningful modularity The push for lifelong learning should revive the ‘I can’t decide which of these exciting subjects to study next’ model of learning, says Andy Grayson Andy Grayson 8月 1日
QAA’s departure leaves English sector ‘lacking expertise’ at crucial time Internationally renowned experts relinquish quality role just as English regulator steps up interventions Tom Williams 7月 29日
Trigger transition funds or ‘face brain drain’, says UK’s Plan B architect Whitehall advisor who devised alternative Horizon programme says stablisation funds should be released immediately while talks over UK membership continue Jack Grove 7月 29日
Hakim Adi: Millions of black Britons ‘written out of history’ Britain’s first history professor of African heritage discusses Colston, the ‘myth’ of Windrush and surviving in academia without support Jack Grove 7月 28日
UK REF environment statements at unit level ‘should be scrapped’ Narratives describing research in departments should be replaced by institution-level document, recommends funder-backed study Jack Grove 7月 28日
National Student Survey changes: satisfaction out, free speech in Overall satisfaction question to go in shake-up of influential poll, regulator confirms Tom Williams 7月 28日
Reform ‘wasteful’ research grant process, says UK bureaucracy review More innovative screening of grant applications that avoid full peer review could remove red tape burden on researchers, says Adam Tickell Jack Grove 7月 28日
Participation gap remains for poorer pupils, despite steady improvement New figures show record-breaking levels of progression to higher education for pupils on free school meals Ben Upton 7月 28日
Most summer school students ‘already want to go to university’ Commonly used widening participation initiative not targeting those who would benefit most from such schemes, study finds Tom Williams 7月 27日
Rosa Freedman: REF impact rules ‘unfair on researchers’ Human rights expert claims ‘inaccurate’ impact submission written on her work by old employer highlights why funding rules should change Jack Grove 7月 27日
English regulator to push ahead with numerical ‘quality’ measures OfS to introduce new quality condition, including proportion of graduates securing ‘managerial or professional employment’, in October John Morgan 7月 26日
Regional universities hit hardest as Danish applications drop 11 per cent ‘Generation lockdown’ wanting a break from the books blamed for steep decrease as high employment rate lures some away from study Ben Upton 7月 26日