Let’s make higher education an election issue
In the workplace and at the ballot box, it is time to reject stale ideology, says Thomas Docherty
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Q&A with Dame DeAnne Julius
We speak to the new chair of council at University College London
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University Fundraising in Britain: A Transatlantic Partnership, by William Squire
Dale Cooper on the methods of philanthropy in universities and how the UK has learned from the US tradition
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Research is now a global game
Which countries are steaming ahead in scientific output and power? Simon Marginson analyses the worldwide data
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Grant winners
Royal SocietyWolfson Research Merit AwardsAwards are worth £10,000-£30,000 a year, which is a salary enhancementAward winner: Graham CormodeInstitution: University of WarwickSmall summaries for big...
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Grant winners - 18 September 2014
Royal SocietyWolfson Research Merit AwardsAwards are worth £10,000-£30,000 a year, which is a salary enhancementAward winner: Graham CormodeInstitution: University of WarwickSmall summaries for big...
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Focus on recruiting foreign students reveals ‘mission drift’
Pro v-c at Nottingham Trent attacks ‘profit chasing’ in sector and calls time on marketing speak
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Northampton opens regional office in Malaysia
The University of Northampton is to open a regional office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in a bid to increase student recruitment from the region.
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Sars curbs Antipodean recruitment drive in Asia
A drop in recruitment of overseas students to universities in New Zealand and Australia due to the Sars epidemic could have a devastating knock-on effect for the institutions' incomes. The...
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Lost in abbreviated history
The disturbances in Ukraine should make us rethink the policy of updating history courses at all levels by bringing the starting points progressively closer to the present. At the moment, the 16th...
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News in brief - 9 October 2014
Postgraduate studyUK survey verdict: mostly happyFour out of five postgraduate students are happy with their course, a new survey indicates. Some 83 per cent of the 67,580 people polled for the...
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Stronger Asian systems could reduce student numbers in UK
Observatory on Borderless ÌÇÐÄVlog report author urges UK universities to factor in growth of transnational education
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The Undersea Network, by Nicole Starosielski
John Gilbey is fascinated by the unseen fibre-optic communications cables that gird the globe
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Oxford v-c Andrew Hamilton says sexism is ‘unconscious’ but real
V-c speaks on marketing research, ethics, gender bias at Universia International Presidents’ Meeting 2014 in Rio de Janeiro
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ÌÇÐÄVlog announces reforms to its World University Rankings
ÌÇÐÄVlog today announces a series of important changes to its flagship THE World University Rankings