Professor Mark Taylor, Dean of Warwick Business School, explains how those with a degree can expect to earn nearly 60 per cent more than those without one - and how Warwick Business School graduates are almost guaranteed a good start in the job market, with 93 per cent finding work quickly in their first three months after graduation.

The latest entry from Vice-Chancellor Nigel Thrift's blog:

Many academic commentators on contemporary Western higher education want to harken back to what they see as a golden age of academe — and bemoan their present lot. No doubt there are things to complain about. Probably many. But it is possible to become mired in an account which sees nothing but gloom and negativity in the current academic scene and which, by implication, sees no way of ever effecting any positive changes.

Taking on a university presidency is becoming a more and more precarious option–a sinecure it is not. No doubt that is as it should be, but recent events show just how difficult the task of leading a university can now be. No wonder that the average length of tenure of university presidents is declining almost everywhere.

"We often downplay the importance of ceremony and ritual in university life. But, having just come to the end of a graduation week with eleven graduation ceremonies in total, I can report that ceremony is alive and kicking."