• English test scandal: students and campaigners call on PM to end years of limbo
    March 20, 2023 from Higher education | The Guardian
    The students who had their visas revoked will present a petition to Downing Street on Tuesday A group of international students and campaigners are calling on the prime minister to end their years of living in limbo after accusations of...
  • Staff at 150 UK universities begin three days of strikes
    March 20, 2023 from Higher education | The Guardian
    Industrial action going ahead despite hopes of breakthrough on pay, conditions and pensions last week Universities in the UK have been hit by strike action once again, despite hopes of a breakthrough last week with an offer from...
  • AI makes plagiarism harder to detect, argue academics – in paper written by chatbot
    March 19, 2023 from Higher education | The Guardian
    Lecturers say programs capable of writing competent student coursework threaten academic integrity An academic paper entitled Chatting and Cheating: Ensuring Academic Integrity in the Era of ChatGPT was published this month in an...
  • Cambridge college to create fellowship to examine slavery links
    March 18, 2023 from Higher education | The Guardian
    Trinity academic to establish how college benefited from slave trade in move to achieve ‘reconciliation’ A University of Cambridge college is to appoint an academic to examine its legacies of slavery. Trinity College, Cambridge, has...
  • Wellesley College students vote to admit trans men and non-binary people
    March 15, 2023 from Higher education | The Guardian
    Proposal also calls for gender neutral language at women’s college whose alumni include Hillary Clinton and Madeleine Albright Students at the famed Wellesley College for women voted this week to extend admission to trans men and...
  • UK university staff make breakthrough in strike dispute with employers
    March 15, 2023 from Higher education | The Guardian
    Unions and UCEA declare agreement ‘on terms of reference for detailed negotiations’ on pay and conditions University staff have made a breakthrough in their months-long dispute with employers during which lecturers have gone on strike,...
  • After a marking boycott, the university threatened to withhold our pay. That only made us angrier | Tanzil Chowdhury
    March 15, 2023 from Higher education | The Guardian
    The disdain shown to us by Queen Mary University of London inspired me to redouble my efforts on the picket lines. Staff and students have had enough On 29 June 2022, all the staff at Queen Mary University of London, where I work,...
  • UK quietly shifts China policy as trust between countries erodes
    March 15, 2023 from Higher education | The Guardian
    British stance edges closer to the US, but many MPs want government to go further and designate China as a threat 1,100 scientists and students barred from UK amid China crackdown While Britain’s conflict with Russia is playing out on...
  • 1,100 scientists and students barred from UK amid China crackdown
    March 15, 2023 from Higher education | The Guardian
    Exclusive: Foreign Office rejected record number of academics in 2022 on national security grounds UK quietly shifts China policy as trust between countries erodes More than 1,000 scientists and postgraduate students were barred from...
  • John Bramble obituary
    March 14, 2023 from Higher education | The Guardian
    My former tutor John Bramble, who has died aged 78, was one of a group of Latinists who, between the late 1960s and 80s, used new critical approaches to rejuvenate the study of ancient Latin texts. John was born in Salford to Clifton...
  • Sheffield University criticised for hiring private investigator after protest
    March 13, 2023 from Higher education | The Guardian
    Private investigator hired to look into possible involvement of two student activists in occupation of building Sheffield University has been criticised for hiring a private investigator to look into the possible involvement of two...
  • One in five students at top universities consider dropping out over cost of living
    March 12, 2023 from Higher education | The Guardian
    A quarter are regularly going without food and other essentials, a new Russell Group Students’ Unions study reveals One in five students at Russell Group universities are considering dropping out because of the cost of living crisis, and...
  • Letter: Lady Boothroyd as OU chancellor
    March 7, 2023 from Higher education | The Guardian
    As well as speaker of the Commons, Betty Boothroyd served as chancellor of the Open University . I saw her preside over a degree ceremony in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, that was packed. When a severely disabled graduand arrived on stage...
  • UK gender pay gap for higher-educated parents has grown since 1970s – study
    March 7, 2023 from Higher education | The Guardian
    Research finds ‘motherhood penalty’ is greater than 40 years ago, with mothers making 69% of fathers’ wages The pay gap between mothers and fathers with post-school education has increased since the late 1970s in the UK, according to...
  • Female university graduates have bigger Hecs debts but earning less than men, research reveals
    March 6, 2023 from Higher education | The Guardian
    Average student debt balance has risen 10% and taking longer to pay off, affecting major life events such as starting a family Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free...
  • Want to properly plug the UK’s north-south divide? Look to Germany | Larry Elliott
    March 5, 2023 from Higher education | The Guardian
    Boosting spending power, increasing public funding for science and tech skills, R&D and infrastructure could work Britain has been struggling to find a solution to its north-south divide since the staple industries of the first...
  • Students at top London university urged to ‘snitch’ on striking lecturers
    March 5, 2023 from Higher education | The Guardian
    Queen Mary accused of ‘turning students into spies’ to gather data on academics who did not reschedule missed teaching A prestigious London university has become the first in the country to use a “student snitch form” to encourage...
  • Urgent calls to end compulsory unpaid internships as students forced to quit due to cost of living
    March 4, 2023 from Higher education | The Guardian
    Students ‘burnt out and disillusioned’ in vocational degrees, with hundreds of hours of unpaid work leading to high dropout rates Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free...
  • Fossil fuel companies donated $700m to US universities over 10 years
    March 1, 2023 from Higher education | The Guardian
    Funding at 27 universities can shift not just research agendas, but also policy in the direction the industry prefers, report says Six fossil fuel companies funneled more than $700m in research funding to 27 universities in the US from...
  • Walking just 11 minutes a day could stop 10% of early deaths, researchers find
    February 28, 2023 from Higher education | The Guardian
    Weekly 75 minutes of moderate-intensity activity is half the amount recommended by the NHS An 11-minute brisk walk every day could prevent one in 10 premature deaths worldwide, according to the largest ever study of its kind. This...
  • Secondary school places 2022: how appeals and waiting lists work if you don't get your choice of school
    March 1, 2022 from University education news, universities, degree courses and clearing
  • Girls should report sexual assault allegations to 'someone they trust', says Gavin Williamson
    March 29, 2021 from University education news, universities, degree courses and clearing
  • This is how other countries are gradually reopening schools
    June 24, 2020 from University education news, universities, degree courses and clearing
  • Exams in 2021 could face disruption too
    June 8, 2020 from University education news, universities, degree courses and clearing
  • Dame Vera Lynn's children's fund faces financial hardship
    June 8, 2020 from University education news, universities, degree courses and clearing
  • Universities call for 'essay mills' that do students' work for them to be outlawed
    September 27, 2018 from University education news, universities, degree courses and clearing
  • Pupils increasingly sceptical of importance of university, poll finds
    August 16, 2018 from University education news, universities, degree courses and clearing
  • Ten of the best value private schools in the UK
    June 22, 2018 from University education news, universities, degree courses and clearing
  • How to optimise your brain for exam season
    June 6, 2018 from University education news, universities, degree courses and clearing
  • London ranked best city in world for students
    May 9, 2018 from University education news, universities, degree courses and clearing
  • Online tutoring is the safe, convenient way for your child to learn
    December 15, 2017 from University education news, universities, degree courses and clearing
  • Online tutoring websites bring tuition to the mass market
    December 13, 2017 from University education news, universities, degree courses and clearing
  • Drink-spiking spate at Bristol University during Freshers' Week investigated by police
    September 21, 2017 from University education news, universities, degree courses and clearing
  • Oxford University head insists vice chancellors are low paid compared to footballers and bankers
    September 4, 2017 from University education news, universities, degree courses and clearing
  • In pictures: students across Britain celebrate their GCSE results
    August 24, 2017 from University education news, universities, degree courses and clearing
  • Russell Group universities in Clearing 2017
    August 17, 2017 from University education news, universities, degree courses and clearing
  • Student who battled with cancer throughout A-levels receives straight A*s
    August 17, 2017 from University education news, universities, degree courses and clearing
  • A-Levels 2017: students across the country receive their results
    August 17, 2017 from University education news, universities, degree courses and clearing
  • Ten of the best university scholarships and incentives in 2017
    August 16, 2017 from University education news, universities, degree courses and clearing
  • Six of the best laptop computers for university
    August 16, 2017 from University education news, universities, degree courses and clearing
  • When is A-Level results day 2017,  what time can I collect my grades and what happens if I fail an exam?
    August 15, 2017 from University education news, universities, degree courses and clearing
  • Top 10 UK universities in the world rankings
    June 7, 2017 from University education news, universities, degree courses and clearing
  • Graduate jobs: top 12 degree subjects for getting a job
    May 12, 2017 from University education news, universities, degree courses and clearing
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    October 31, 2016 from University education news, universities, degree courses and clearing
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    September 19, 2016 from University education news, universities, degree courses and clearing
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