07/08/2015
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UK universities produce less Nobel prize-winners than foreign rivals
Securing a Nobel prize for a breakthrough, hi-tech research project is one of the most prestigious – and marketable – triumphs a university can...
07/08/2015
Good advice for students who may be stressed from Clearing. http://ow.ly/QBHKg
Clearing 2015: 'Focus on the course, not the university'
Josh Marvin and his father, Paul, explain how going through Ucas Clearing actually turned out better for Josh in the long run
06/08/2015
The Blackboard learning managment system is for sale again just 4 years after last being sold. http://ow.ly/QyBSw
Buying Blackboard, Redux | Digital Tweed | InsideHigherEd
Digital Tweed® is the work of Kenneth C. Green, founding director of The Campus Computing Project. If successful, these posts will inform and...
06/08/2015
Ofqual reports a rise in "traditional" subjects. http://ow.ly/QyBiQ
Breaking: Rise in 'traditional' subjects at GCSE and A-level in 2015
The number of students sitting A-levels and GCSEs in “traditional” subjects, such as English, maths and the sciences, has increased this year,...
05/08/2015
New thinking into what we should advertise to students. http://ow.ly/QsEad
Lifestyle benefits of university key factor in boosting applications
Report finds that reassurance about finance made school pupils significantly less likely to want to progress to higher education
04/08/2015
Concerns over student financing impacting uni decisions for students. http://ow.ly/QsqkL
A third of students picking universities based on bursaries, study finds
Following the announcement that maintenance grants are to be scrapped, new research from The Student Room has found that student concerns over...
04/08/2015
http://ow.ly/Qsq2P
Ernst and Young drops degree classification threshold for graduate...
‘No evidence’ that success at university is linked to achievement in professional assessments, accountancy firm says
03/08/2015
http://ow.ly/Qq0m8
World Class: how global thinking can improve your school
"Connecting Classrooms provides an exciting and inspiration stimulus for writing; it's a brilliant tool for developing thinking skills and speaking...
03/08/2015
Is there a stigma with clearing? At least one UK admin thinks so and believes it is time to rebrand. http://ow.ly/Qpn6D
University Clearing: let's remove the stigma and rebrand
One vice-chancellor asks if it’s time to shake up the process and make it less intimidating and more meaningful to students
31/07/2015
http://ow.ly/Qkcpg
'Exam results do matter - stop telling pupils they don't'
'Qué será, será' isn't good enough, says Jonathan Forster, and doesn't reflect the value placed upon academic success in a competitive work place
31/07/2015
On the pertinence of Destination of Leavers of Higher Education (DLHE) data: http://ow.ly/QjCM8
Finding new ways to measure graduate success - Wonkhe
Edward Peck, Vice Chancellor at Nottingham Trent University, examines the current DLHE methodology and explores new ways of measuring graduate...
30/07/2015
Are easy academic programs truly to blame for raucous campus behaviour?http://ow.ly/Qgsjf
'Easy' degrees are fueling drunken laddish behaviour, school association...
Following calls for an end to 'barbaric' initiation ceremonies, HMC general secretary William Richardson suggests low contact hours and less...