Odds and quads
These pictures of women - one wearing a blue silk headdress, the other displaying her gold engagement jewellery and hennaed hands - were taken in rural Turkey in the 1980s.
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Appointments
University of WestminsterDavid DernieDavid Dernie has been made dean of the School of Architecture and the Built Environment at the University of Westminster. He joins from De Montfort University,...
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Poachers' paradise
The economic woes of public universities in the US present ‘a prime opportunity’ for institutions with money to swoop in and snatch up staff. Jon Marcus reports
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Leader: Clarity begins at home
Sunlight is the best disinfectant, and the UK's institutions and researchers must be fearless in shining a light on misconduct
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Research Intelligence - Alt-metrics: fairer, faster impact data?
Scholars unhappy with 'crude' journal metrics are looking to Mendeley and its ilk. Paul Jump reports
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The Imposter
Even more fascinating than the con artists who assume others’ identities are the people who are desperate to believe them, suggests Rohan McWilliam
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Faking it
A renowned immunologist whose life was turned upside down when it emerged that one of his postdoctoral researchers had falsified experimental results tells Paul Jump that the sector needs a culture...
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How To Be Gay
Almost despite himself, Ken Plummer is beguiled by an eloquent elegy for queerdom’s camp old days
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Over there
Alan Ryan on the benefits of emigration for the UK’s huddled student masses
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23 August 2012
Sold a lemon - The sour taste of research fraud - and what universities can do about it
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Scottish students get further support from Holyrood
The Scottish government has unveiled a package of extra financial support for students.
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THE World University Rankings 2012-13 publication date revealed
The 糖心Vlog World University Rankings 2012-13 will be published on Wednesday 3 October, it was confirmed this week.
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Universities in ‘panic’ over student recruitment, claims marketing consultant
Universities are facing a “student recruitment crisis” in clearing and some are 2,000 short of their number targets, according to a marketing consultancy.
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Inside Higher Ed: Student debt, gender and class
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Students accepted to Ulster in error to get foundation year
Students with “modest” A-level results who were accidentally accepted to courses at the University of Ulster’s School of Engineering are to be given places on a foundation year to help them prepare...