The week in higher education - 24 April 2014
A 鈥渞acist鈥 swan is terrorising international students at the University of Warwick. The Daily Telegraph reported on 11 April that the bird has taken to policing a footbridge on Warwick鈥檚 campus, and...
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A little lift could help everyone
Postgraduate study is a financial struggle for most, and low pay for graduate teaching assistants does nothing to alleviate it
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Double or quits
鈥淚t鈥檚 an extraordinarily exciting time for all those with a deep intellectual interest in the philosophy of branding.鈥漈hat was how Georgina Edsel, our Deputy Head of Brand Management, responded to...
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Sector traditions can survive 鈥榙igital avalanche鈥
UUK head dismisses warning over technological change
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Campus close-up: Brunel University
Broad-based restructure aims to encourage interdisciplinary research collaborations
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Not the standard model: the physics of pole dancing
A University of Sheffield scientist is using pole dancing to make his subject more accessible
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鈥楤eautiful minds鈥 neglected as KAUST courts global elite
Saudi princess sounds alarm over institution鈥檚 share of local students
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How Dubai鈥檚 business school bubble burst
Boom and bust could herald a depression for the global sector, warn Finnish academics
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A cocktail for violence
Campus lifestyles and easy access to guns can create the perfect storm, say Deborah D. Rogers and Howard P. Segal
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Aberystwyth鈥檚 surge into action to keep students safe from storm
Pro vice-chancellor John Grattan recalls his hastily constructed plan of action in the face of the January storms
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Coventry dean drives links with industry
Michael Fitzpatrick, who joins the Faculty of Engineering, aims to reinforce connections with manufacturing. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments
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Universities, lend a thought to funding
Ryan Shorthouse argues that institutions should play a greater role in financing undergraduate students
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Chris Marker: A Grin without a Cat, Whitechapel Gallery, London
A rare retrospective of the French filmmaker鈥檚 work reveals themes of perception and time, suggests Davina Quinlivan
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Alex Danchev, Stefan Doerr, Glyn Hambrook, Peter J. Smith and James Underwood...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Publishing and the Advancement of Science 鈥 From Selfish Genes to Galileo鈥檚 Finger, by Michael Rodgers
Jon Turney on an editor whose work with popular science writers helped to re-establish the genre