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Interrogating the anti-terrorism bill

The government’s proposed statutory duty on universities in the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill will require universities to “have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into...

Piled Higher and Deeper, by Jorge Cham - 4 December 2014

The week in higher education - 4 December 2014

For all the public assurances that the merger between University College London and the Institute of Education, University of London was a coming-together of equals, some IoE resistance fighters have...

Failing to look, listen or legislate

An OMG moment is predicted for whoever wins the election as politicians address lapses in oversight and funding challenges

A most unequal match

Source: AlamySchoolgirl errors?One of our leading pro vice-chancellors, Dr Janet Balsam, has denounced the “naive and immature” portrait of higher education recently articulated by Toni Pearce,...

Academics label proposed Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill ‘censorship’

University leaders and lecturers fear for freedom of speech under proposed anti-extremism legislation

Student vote could topple Nick Clegg in Sheffield Hallam

Hepi report predicts that the student vote could swing the advantage to Labour at the general election

Exiting the academy: what professors did next

About 13 per cent of academics who left their higher education institution between 2011-12 and 2012-13 joined the private sector

Discovery and impact: no conflict in twin aims, EPSRC chief insists

Controversial capabilities policy retained as one of three strands in research council’s new plan

Loss of teacher training places is hurting schools, says vice-chancellor

University of Cumbria’s Peter Strike also estimates that changes to allocations have cost it £2.1m in income

Researchers relying on DIY software programs

Survey finds that many academics who develop their own software have had no formal training

Wales will fight to protect fee support for students studying in England

Welsh education minister Huw Lewis says he will continue to prioritise the ‘life chances’ of the country’s young

Research v regulation: is there another way?

Mark Israel’s book Research Ethics and Integrity for Social Science looks at need for nuance in applying guidelines and protocols

Campus close-up: Sheffield Hallam University

Provision of initial teacher training faces a huge upheaval but there is also scope for new networks and partnerships

‘They’ has arrived at the pronoun party

Students are using new gender-inclusive terms, and academics have to catch on and catch up, says Deborah D. Rogers