Surge in popularity of two-in-one degree courses | Holly Else | Times Higher Education | 31 July 2014
The popularity of courses that combine a master’s and bachelor’s degree has exploded over the past five years as students look for new ways to finance postgraduate study, an analysis by Times Higher Education reveals.
Graduate jobs rate worst in 20 years | Andrew Trounson | Australian Higher Education | 30 July, 2014
The employment rates of the newly graduate bachelor degree holders are the worst they have been in 20 years, new figures show
TEQSA forces college closure | Bernard Lane | Australian Higher Education | 25 June, 2014
The private college with more tan 200 students is to close following a decision that its financial affairs are too risky.
Union clash looms as employers’ pension plans revealed | Jack Grove | Times Higher Education | 24 July 2014
Universities are set on a collision course with unions after confirming that they want to scrap final salary pensions offered by the sector’s biggest scheme to reduce an estimated £13 billion deficit.
Unis face $850m hit over fees | Andrew Trounson | Australian Higher Education | 23 July, 2014
Universities wold have to wear a prohibitive $850 million cost if they insulated incoming 2015 students from looming higher fees, peak group Universities Australia has warned.
Few regrets for David Willetts | John Morgan | Times Higher Education | 17 July 2014
David Willetts has predicted that facing down a “populist but incredibly dangerous” Labour policy to lower fees to £6,000 will be the major challenge for his successor.
Salaries of high-earning professors may be disclosed | Jack GroveI | Times Higher Education | 10 July 2014
alaries of high-earning professors and senior managers may soon be made public after a landmark ruling said that a university must publish details of staff who earn more than £100,000 a year.
Doors open to philanthropists | Julie Hare | Australian Higher Education | 9 July, 2014
Less than two months after calling the deregulation of higher education “misregulation”, the head of University of Adelaide has jumped to a spirited defence of the package
Visa fraudsters ‘preying on’ London branch campuses | John Morgan | Times Higher Education | 03 July 2014
There are fears that London branch campuses run by UK universities could have been “targeted” by criminals running visa scams, as the Home Office investigates what it calls a “concerted attack” on institutions.
Academy blast for research changes | Andrew Trounson | Australian Higher Education | 2 July, 2014
Proposals to tighten the eligibility for Future Fellowships by focusing the program more on the mid-career researchers without ongoing positions is facing opposition form the Australian Academy of Science.
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