In the second of a series surveying research evidence about teaching and learning, Graham Gibbs concludes that the best learning is done in small classes involving personal interaction with teachers
UK businesses are being failed by the government’s lack of a “coherent strategy to support the commercialisation of technological innovation in the UK”, MPs have said.
There is no case for further scientific investigation into the “manifestly nonsensical” mechanism by which homeopathy is supposed to work, the government’s outgoing chief scientific advisor has said.
The Prime Minister has rejected calls to withdraw overseas university students from the government’s target to reduce net migration, saying the move “would not make any difference to our student migration policy”.
More than three quarters of recent university graduates were not told about apprenticeships or vocational training routes before leaving secondary education, a survey has revealed.
The tuition fee cap will remain at ?9,000 in 2014-15, meaning the government is allowing most universities’ income to be eroded by inflation, while students’ grants for living expenses will be held back with a below-inflation rise.
Established UK universities will go out of business within the next 10 years unless they adapt to survive an era of intense pressure driven by globalisation, technology, rising student expectations, and competition for funding, a report has warned.
A fellowship award for postgraduate students at 10 universities will encourage them to develop thinking that will promote a more “circular economy” – a school of thought that aims to increase the amount of financial and physical waste that is converted into resources.
A competition that hopes to encourage more school children to study history of art at university reaches its finale this weekend following a series of eight regional heats.
More than half of female students identify “prevailing sexism, ‘laddism’ and a culture of harassment” at their universities, according to a survey by the National Union of Students.
Spending by English universities rose faster than their income did in the year before ?9,000 tuition fees were introduced, while institutions again increased their reliance on fees paid by overseas students.
Female graduates are still earning less than their male counterparts, even when they have taken courses from the same subject area, new analysis has found.
The Labour Party has warned that the government’s drive to reduce net migration is choking off the flow of “legitimate university students” while ignoring abuse of the visitor visa route used by English language students.
Former education secretary David Blunkett has challenged universities to stand up to coalition ministers if they have concerns over government reforms.
