Best kept secret is out
The potential for collaborative procurement to help close the gap between projected income and costs could be described as the sector鈥檚 best kept secret, so it was refreshing to see it revealed in...
The potential for collaborative procurement to help close the gap between projected income and costs could be described as the sector鈥檚 best kept secret, so it was refreshing to see it revealed in...
The proposed arrangements for research publication in light of the Finch report would seem to suggest a new hierarchy for academics. We already appear to have goldfinches and greenfinches, but what...
In 鈥淩esolving to do better鈥 (Opinion, 11 April), Rob Behrens attributes the following quote to Mao Zedong: 鈥淚t doesn鈥檛 matter whether the cat is black or white as long as it catches the mouse.鈥漈hat...


Union takes on management over 鈥榓cademic annex鈥 reforms

Fit to printA group of illustration students are bringing traditional printmaking skills back to the defunct press room of a local newspaper. The former press room at the Bournemouth Echo building,...

MoocsAnd NovoEd makes threeA third massive open online course platform developed by academics from Stanford University has been launched. Following in the footsteps of Coursera and Udacity, NovoEd,...

United StatesHoly trinityA US accreditation body has approved the merger of two faith colleges with a university. The Higher Learning Commission gave the go-ahead for the Assemblies of God...

This letter, signed by Charles de Gaulle, was sent to Michael D. Jones, founder of the Welsh colony in Patagonia in the 1860s, and now forms part of the archives at Bangor University devoted to the...

Research paints picture of permanent revolution in sector since mid-1990s

Australian approach offers lessons for UK, forum hears

When I served as the head of an English department in North West England, I was faced with a number of what may politely be called 鈥渃hallenges鈥. But one challenge I did not face was figuring out what...

Starting university-level study in secondary school pays financial and academic dividends, writes Jon Marcus

Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere

University of HelsinkiThomas Wilhelmsson鈥淚 need to convince myself that I should not interfere because the chancellor needs to understand that the rector does the day-to-day jobs,鈥 said Thomas...