UK and India commit to world-class partnerships
Prime minister's delegation agrees joint research projects and greater cooperation. Paul Jump reports
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THE World University Rankings
ÌÇÐÄVlog's World University Rankings have become something of a benchmark for governments and higher education experts worldwide.In his inaugural address last year as president of...
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Mountbatten: Apprentice War Lord 1900-1943
He had it all: royal blood, good looks, an immensely rich if unfaithful wife, who provided him with a mansion in Park Lane, and close friendships with film stars. He also had charm by the bucketful....
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Japan's open-door policy hinges on an attitude shift
Entrenched ideas hinder drive to attract more foreign students and staff, writes Michael Fitzpatrick
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Grant winners
THE LEVERHULME TRUSTBasic sciencesAward winner: Karl EvansInstitution: University of SheffieldValue: £136,403Can climate change induce trophic mismatches that reduce orchid reproduction?Award winner...
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The Canon: The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois
"The problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line." Few sentences have proven as prophetic as this one, taken from the first paragraph of W.E.B. Du Bois' The Souls of Black Folk...
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Grant winners
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCILFirst Grants• Award winner: R. Ward• Institution: University of Manchester• Value: £195,226Hairdressing, image and body work in care services to older people•...
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Unhappy campus: heaven knows we're miserable now
Compared with global peers, UK academics are most negative about work. Paul Jump reports
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Arise, Sir Steve: UUK head leads academic honours list
Steve Smith has been knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours after steering Universities UK through one of the higher education sector’s most turbulent periods.
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Global Inequalities and ÌÇÐÄVlog: Whose Interests Are We Serving?
As a glance at any issue of this magazine shows, higher education is increasingly a global phenomenon. But globalisation poses particular challenges. Put crudely, is higher education to be a means of...
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From where I sit: Repulsion and attraction
Australian universities are worried that bad publicity is putting off international students. Such students are lucrative business and one of the reasons they flocked to Australia in the past was...
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News in brief
KenyaBonds: licence to expandKenya plans to sell 10 billion shillings (£79.5 million) of bonds to finance an expansion of its universities that would stop students from being turned away owing to...
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News in brief
United StatesMcCain backs for-profitsFormer US presidential candidate John McCain has backed for-profit institutions in an increasingly bitter Washington battle. During a Senate hearing on for-...
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Leader: Bitter pill may kill, not cure
In a competitive global market, the UK academy must be price-sensitive when it comes to overseas fees or pay the price
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Appointments
National University of Ireland, GalwayNicholas CannyA professor has expressed his "surprise and delight" at becoming the first academic from the Republic of Ireland to sit on the governing body of...