Sorry seems to be the hardest word
WASHINGTON – The situation outlined by Miles J. Postema, vice-president and general counsel of Ferris State University, sounded like a lawsuit waiting to happen. By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Abandon ‘out-of-date’ Haldane principle on research priorities
Select committee says it’s time for ‘transparent and rigorous’ debate on publicly funded work. Melanie Newman reports
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Appetite for education
A soaring enrolment rate and a driving ambition to compete globally characterise higher education in South Korea. But how is this all-consuming desire affecting society? asks John Morgan
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Lords condemn ‘retrograde’ department merger
Government’s perception of the value of higher education called into question. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Funding fallout creates wide smiles and gnashing of teeth
To the RAE victors, the spoils, but institutions that saw their funding slashed last week in the allocations for 2009-10 are counting the costs. ÌÇÐÄVlog staff report
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The world is at the top of the agenda across the UK
Senior managers drive international strategies to equip institutions for global future, writes Phil Baty
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Business firmly woven into the fabric of new framework
The Government's long-awaited strategy for the sector is out at last. Melanie Newman reports
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Putting the world back in working order
Engineering's decline in popularity could be reversed by showing potential students its power to tackle global challenges ranging from sustainability to energy security, says J.D. Turner
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Right where it belongs
Being part of BIS means science is now at the epicentre of Whitehall and government policy, says Lord Drayson
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Published this week
ARTS AND DESIGN- The Cultural Aesthetics of Eighteenth-Century PorcelainEdited by Alden Cavanaugh, associate professor of art history, Indiana State University; and Michael E. Yonan, assistant...
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Bottom line: universities are still not completely engaged
Hannah Fearn reports on the hopes and fears raised at Times Higher's Employer Engagement conference"They face each other across the divide rather like young lovers, with a mixture of fascination and...
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Published this week
ART AND DESIGN- Monument Wars: Washington, DC, the National Mall, and the Transformation of the Memorial LandscapeBy Kirk Savage, associate professor and chair of the department of art and...
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Law roundup
The Dred Scott Case: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Race and LawEditors: David Thomas Konig, Paul Finkelman and Christopher Alan BraceyEdition: FirstPublisher: Ohio University PressPages...
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Trade Unions in a Neoliberal World: British Trade Unions under New Labour
An analysis of workers' alliances should engage more with workers themselves, says Sian Moore
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Sell, baby, sell – and remember Betamax
Dan Stern says that the marketisation of research means that academics must abandon the ivory tower and get down and dirty in the marketplace – or face obscurity