Skip to main content

higher education Articles

Ninety-seven per cent of international students leave the UK after university

Government exit checks state that overall net migration is much lower than expected

Angela Rayner: hard Brexit cannot be allowed to undercut universities

Shadow Education Secretary argues that “Labour respects the result of the referendum but rejects the view of many hard-line Tories of a Brexit at any cost”

Controversial TEF rankings shake up Higher Education hierarchies

The release of the controversial Teaching Excellence Framework’s results shocked many, with only eight Russell Group universities receiving gold, although many have questioned the rankings’ validity

TEF awards: Bronze, Silver, Gold, or fraud?

The University of Manchester Students’ Union’s Education Officer Emma Atkins considers the impact of the recent TEF awards, and questions the role of TEF in the intricate, diverse world of higher education

Oxford University to offer summer schools for white working class boys

Summer schools offered to white British working class boys in an attempt to bolster university admissions from this socio-economic group

£14,000 tuition fees planned for shorter courses

The government is planning to allow universities to offer shorter courses for higher tuition fees

Proofreading companies: right words, wrong idea

T. S. Eliot examines proof-reading companies: are they killing the skill of writing a good essay?

Interview: Sorcha Floyd – Campaigns and Citizenship Officer

We spoke to Sorcha about Go Green and Manchester’s ongoing homelessness crisis

Academics in higher education are told to act like diplomats

Academics at the University of East Anglia have told scholars that their research is not ‘self-evident’

Men more likely to suffer from academic ‘imposter syndrome’ than women

A recent study by the University of Houston shows that male academics are more likely to suffer from work-related anxiety, depression, and ‘Imposter Syndrome’ than their female counterparts

SU will not boycott NSS despite NUS decision

The University of Manchester’s Students’ Union have stated that they will not yet be boycotting the NSS in reaction to an impending decision on controversial higher education legislation, TEF, despite the NUS’ position

The Mancunion’s TEF survey

The Mancunion want to know what you think about the proposed Teaching Excellence Framework

University redevelopments up since tuition fee rise

Universities across the UK have released dramatic campus overhaul plans since the tuition fee rise in 2012

Outcry over new government Higher Education regulations

UK Higher Education institutions are criticising the government’s newly proposed regulatory legislation

Government to miss 2020 Higher Education Target

If current trends continue the government is expected to miss its 2020 target for widening participation in Higher Education

Muslim women academically outperform male counterparts

Academics find that Muslim women now outnumber Muslim men in the number of people aged 21-24 with higher education degrees, in stark contrast to past statistics

Positive coping mechanisms may help UK academics deal with stress of the job

A study on UK university academics has revealed the need to teach staff how to deal with stress in a positive way

LSE SU fails to elect General Secretary

The student body of the LSE SU have chosen to re-open nominations in the General Secretary election, marred by allegations of bullying and anti-semitism

University of Sheffield forces the eviction of protesting students

Protesting against the current quality of higher education, student demonstrators occupy auditorium in “freezing conditions”

Brexit would create ‘a huge problem’ for HE in Europe, warn academics

Leading academics have expressed their fears about what the UK leaving the European Union will mean for research and collaboration between universities