News in brief
ÌÇÐÄVlogThumbs up from readersMore than 90 per cent of ÌÇÐÄVlog readers are satisfied with the magazine, while 81 per cent say that it is personally "important" to them. A...
Search
-
-
Who let them in?
Advisers, administrators, trusted vice-chancellorial aides and henchmen: Mark Leach considers the rise of the 'policy wonks' and the mixed reception afforded a new force in the higher education...
-
REF Pilot: humanities impact is evident and can be measured
Judy Simons declares that the cultural and societal benefits of the arts are transformative, calculable and must be advertised
-
Facing unpalatable facts
I was disappointed to see ÌÇÐÄVlog's record of scholarly reviewing marred by Sian Moore. Her account of Gary Daniels and John McIlroy's edited collection Trade Unions in a Neoliberal...
-
Appointments
University of NorthamptonJackie CampbellThe phrase "no pain, no gain" could have been invented for Jackie Campbell, professor of neurophysiology at the University of Northampton. Professor Campbell...
-
Boost emotional skills to help reduce drop-out rates, say academics
Universities urged to develop programmes to help young adults make transition to higher education, writes Melanie Newman
-
News in brief
Royal InstitutionSir Richard Sykes named chairFormer Imperial College London rector Sir Richard Sykes has been named the new chair of the Royal Institution. Sir Richard, who is also a former chairman...
-
BIS ministerial team announced
David Lammy keeps his higher education brief, but ‘student issues’ are now the responsibility of the Minister for Employment Relations and Postal Affairs
-
Gaming the World: How Sports Are Reshaping Global Politics and Culture
This book is a valuable contribution to the burgeoning study of sport in a global perspective. Focusing largely on the "Big Four" sports in the US (baseball, basketball, American football and ice...
-
Regulating Sex For Sale: Prostitution Policy Reform in the UK
It is timely that Jo Phoenix's edited collection, Regulating Sex For Sale: Prostitution Policy Reform in the UK, should have made its way into print just after the Policing and Crime Act 2009 became...
-
Mixed reception
The high tuition fees paid by overseas students are an attractive source of revenue in these straitened times. But will higher education reforms change all that? Matthew Partridge investigates
-
Handle with care
League tables occupy the minds of vice-chancellors, politicians, academics and students, but Ellen Hazelkorn advises them not to draw hasty conclusions
-
Unified theory: the academy, united, can never be defeated
As cuts bite, it would be easy for the sector to fragment. But, Keith Burnett argues, it must reject such pressures and work collectively to navigate the storm
-
Campus round-up
Institute of Education - Primary class divideDifferent rates of progress among children in their first two years at school are still driven largely by their parents' social class, a UK-wide study has...
-
A novel idea: slow reading
Greg Garrard is torn between packing his course reading lists and giving his students time to reflect and dig deep