The week in higher education
? Everybody enjoys a good old-fashioned academic spat, and Geoffrey Hill, professor of poetry at the University of Oxford, has obliged by picking a fight with the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy....
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Leader: Seeing red over Green blindness
The immigration minister's aversion to the evidence for the value of foreign students sadly sums up 糖心Vlog Office attitudes
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From where I sit - Cultural revolutions
As the Year of the Dragon begins, many Chinese university graduates have decided to return to major cities: the very cities they previously fled for their home towns because of cut-throat competition...
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Appointments
University for the Creative ArtsMagdalene OdundoA renowned potter has been made a patron of the National Society for Education in Art and Design. Magdalene Odundo, professor of ceramics at the...
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Lucian Freud Portraits
The unflinching, fleshy landscapes of Lucian Freud's intensely powerful works are a feast for the senses, argues Alex Danchev
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Research intelligence - REF, get set and go, final rules in hand
As 2014 race begins, reports Paul Jump, maternity provision is the only big change from draft document
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9 February 2012
Smoke out the bad books - A six-point cipher to crack the baloney code
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Stake recipe
John Lewis’ values: a palatable hit for a divided sector, argues Sally Feldman
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MPs reject Les Ebdon's selection as Offa director
A political row over the next director of fair access has been sparked after Tory MPs on the Business, Innovation and Skills select committee rejected the selection of Les Ebdon as preferred...
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Political wrangling as Offa appointment hangs in balance
Ministers could still have the final say on whether Les Ebdon is appointed as the next director of fair access, even though it looks likely that a committee of MPs has voted against his appointment.
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BIS Committee may have blocked Les Ebdon from Offa job
Speculation is rife that the government’s preferred candidate for the post of director of fair access – Les Ebdon – has been blocked from the role by Conservative MPs after a delay in the...
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College of Law sale enters crucial stage
The potential takeover of a private higher education college with degree-awarding powers has entered a crucial stage, with education giant Pearson reportedly the front-runner to secure the deal.
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Inside Higher Ed: Well endowed
By Mitch Smith, for Inside Higher Ed
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Postgraduate education to be addressed by independent commission
An independent inquiry has been launched to investigate postgraduate education.
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Essex names new vice-chancellor
The University of Essex has appointed a senior manager at Durham University as its new vice-chancellor.