The German university system has never had an equivalent to Oxbridge, Russell Group or the Ivy League. This is partially down to the way students are admitted – there are no (or very low) tuition fees and by law each university is obliged to offer all students with a German “Abitur” (A-level/IB equivalent) a placeContinueContinue reading “Germany: Universities of Excellence – excellent universities?”
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NSS results 2019 and Learning Resources
On Wednesday, the Office for Students published the results of this year’s National Student Survey. Each year, the NSS results spark discussions about their usefulness and whether or not they actually reflect the performance of a university overall. And every year, universities and service providers keenly await their results and national media celebrates their “winners”.ContinueContinue reading “NSS results 2019 and Learning Resources”
The ABT Conference 2019 – Student Workshop
(Picture of the ABT Conference Student Panel, (c) Alan Staton, Booksellers Association) Six international students took part in the student workshops at the ABT Conference 2019. They were respectively from Mexico, The Netherlands, Italy, Iran, South Korea and Indonesia. The workshop was run twice, so that all delegates could attend once (it ran back-to-back withContinueContinue reading “The ABT Conference 2019 – Student Workshop”
HE and Student Finance: The “Augar Report” – what’s in it?
“Post-18 report” or “Augar report” – there has been talk about this long-awaited report in the HE sector for a while, and it played a pivotal role in the discussions at the ABT Conference (see our last blog post). Yesterday, it finally was published, but what is all that about?? Last year, for the firstContinueContinue reading “HE and Student Finance: The “Augar Report” – what’s in it?”
Bums on Seats: Regulating the UK Higher Education Sector
Gold Leaf carries out a great deal of research in and around universities, both in the UK and in many other places in the world. An issue that several of its recent research projects has highlighted is the heightened competition to which the HE sector is now being subjected globally. In the UK, this wasContinueContinue reading “Bums on Seats: Regulating the UK Higher Education Sector”
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