PhD The Movie: competition winner
"Don't look so worried; this paper is innovative, creative, lucid and brilliant. But enough about my work."This caption, for the cartoon above, has won Simon Wright of Sheffield two free tickets to...
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Light-touch rules could quickly become heavy
A risk-based approach to quality assurance could lead to more rather than less red tape for universities because the government's reforms are likely to put pressure on standards.
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Growth will be 'policy priority' for Labour
New shadow higher education minister also tells Simon Baker that sector reforms must be 'paused'
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National rules on externals raise student voice
Nationally agreed criteria for the appointment of external examiners are to be introduced, along with a greater role for students in scrutinising the system.
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Arab Spring shines a harsh light on outdated systems
Revolutions raise expectations of higher education overhaul in region, global conference hears. David Matthews reports from Qatar
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Calculated decisions
How much? When? The fee loan repayment system needs to be spelled out to would-be students, says Martin Lewis
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Help teachers improve their skills or live with the consequences
Professional development for lecturers is vital - students deserve it and universities' reputations depend on it, advises Herb Marsh
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Fighting the good fight
On the many problems that confront our members in these dark times, our record speaks for itself, says the UCU's Sally Hunt
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The Body Politic: The Battle over Science in America
This punchy work helps to address the denial of scientific knowledge in the US, says James Wilsdon
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The Keats Brothers: The Life of John and George
An exposition of fraternal ties sheds new light on the life of the 'Cockney Poet', finds Christoph Bode
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Love in the Time of Communism: Intimacy and Sexuality in the GDR
Generalisations about the other part of the country were always rife both in West Germany and in the East. Popular Western assumptions included the observation that communist political oppression...
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American Oracle: The Civil War in the Civil Rights Era
In American Oracle, David Blight uses the sesquicentenary of the American Civil War and the juxtaposition of that war's centenary with contemporaneous civil rights struggles in a bid to reopen the...
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The Crimes of Elagabalus: The Life and Legacy of Rome's Decadent Boy Emperor
Judith Weingarten on whether a teenage ruler's antics were as depraved as we've been told
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Beauty Pays: Why Attractive People Are More Successful
Is there a premium for being beautiful? And if there is, why is that so? In times of global economic crises, one may perhaps wonder whether economists should investigate these questions. This book...
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The Liberty of Servants: Berlusconi's Italy
Maurizio Viroli is a distinguished Italian liberal political philosopher and historian of thought who, these days, lives in a sort of exile, sharing appointments between Princeton University and the...