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Porter says: 'I want to stand in solidarity with our members. But I will never stand in solidarity with someone who threw a fire extinguisher off a roof'

Aaron Porter: 'Politicians? They sell students cheap gimmicks'

Aaron Porter, the president of the NUS, has been thrust into the limelight after the recent tuition fees protests.So what exactly is his gripe with mainstream politics?

Inside Higher

Ashridge Business School students on the Masters in management attend the campus for five days during the first stage

Ashridge has launched a management course that acknowledges earlier learning

Thursday, 25 November 2010

Ashridge Business School launched its Masters in management programme in April 2010 with the aim of providing an opportunity for its students to transform executive learning time into a recognised postgraduate qualification.

Students are faced with challenges to test how they would handle scenarios such as the exploitation of workers in developing countries

How business schools are responding to the green agenda

Thursday, 25 November 2010

This is the age of the triple bottom line. Companies of all types and sizes are getting used to the fact that they will not only be judged on their economic performance but also on their impact on the environment and society as a whole. As businesses become more committed to the principle of protecting the future of the planet, so business education has begun to acknowledge the imperative of sustainability. The meaning of this catch-all concept can be summed up as: "Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs".

Special attention: The rising demand for Masters in management courses

Thursday, 25 November 2010

Whether a specialist Masters degree or high-end MBA, there’s a course out there to suit you.

Money man: some vice-chancellors fear that Lord Browne aims to use funding to control them

Terence Kealey: Leave our funding alone, Lord Browne

Thursday, 25 November 2010

It's not students who should be taking to the streets over higher education finance – it's vice-chancellors, argues Terence Kealey

Top class learning: school-university partnerships work very well

Are universities still the best places to train our teachers?

Thursday, 11 November 2010

Excellent teacher training is essential. However, the new austerity and the forthcoming Education White Paper are making the teacher education sector understandably nervous.

'Full-time students will become a rare breed'

Thursday, 28 October 2010

Helena Pozniak looks at how technology will shape learning

Music courses are embracing a new beat alongside traditional classical scores

Thursday, 28 October 2010

To most of us, the image of a young person going off to study music at university conjures up pictures of piano or violin master-classes, and students grappling with some of the more demanding passages of a Chopin or Mozart piece.

Class action: Students at Queen's University Belfast protested against the spending cuts proposed by Lord Browne

The price of knowledge: What will the impact of the Browne report be?

Thursday, 21 October 2010

Lucy Hodges gauges reactions from vice-chancellors and students.

Richard Garner: Coalition cuts will leave universities scraping by, yet MPs may still torpedo fees proposal

Monday, 11 October 2010

Unlike in the UK, the US and Germany have used the recession to invest in higher education

Smooth operator: Aaron Porter, president of the NUS

'I sense an appetite for student action': The latest NUS president is ready to do battle

Thursday, 7 October 2010

Aaron Porter is more canny politician than long-haired revolutionary. But with funding cuts looming, he's ready for a fight.

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