Colleges in the dark over Wales validation changes
Widespread uncertainty among partner colleges after abrupt policy shift. David Matthews reports
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Ucas opens debate on a move to PQA
Consultation on 'unfair' system could result in students sitting A levels early. Jack Grove reports
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Fast-track degree will save a Lady Godiva or two
Degree courses lasting just over 18 months and costing ?4,800 a year are to be offered by Coventry University.
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Edification, edification, edification...
Much has been made of the supposedly supine response of vice-chancellors to the wholesale reform of higher education by the coalition government.
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Industry urged to back UK research
The business world's "counter-intuitive" failure to capitalise on the UK's ever-increasing research excellence needs to be addressed by the government, the author of a report into UK research has...
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Cuts threaten feeder route to part-time study
Cutting teaching subsidies could "kill off" evening-class courses, which are a key route into part-time degrees, a conference has heard.
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This REF is a deadly serious undertaking
Frustration with audit culture has driven a scholar to murder - in fiction. Matthew Reisz investigates
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Case sets out the principled way to accept a gift
LSE awaits outcome of probe into Gaddafi regime gifts to publish guidelines. David Matthews reports
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'Concentrate on overall experience, not jobs'
Too much emphasis on graduate employability in Key Information Sets could play into the hands of private for-profit providers at the expense of universities, a vice-chancellor has warned.
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Nine Lives of William Shakespeare
After so much ado, why not a metabiography of the Bard that explores all his guises? asks Willy Maley
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Abelard to Apple: The Fate of American Colleges and Universities
Rivalry with Ivy Leaguers and for-profits is harming the 'squeezed middle', discovers Charles Middleton
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How Judaism Became a Religion: An Introduction to Modern Jewish Thought
Of all the major religions, which in more innocent days were called world religions, Judaism is the most idiosyncratic. Is it a religion, a culture, an ethnicity or a mix? Leora Batnitzky asserts...
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Bombshell: The Many Faces of Women Terrorists
Ever since Vera Zasulich shot the governor of St Petersburg in 1878, it has been clear that women could be at least as effective terrorists as men. Since terrorist groups, until recently, have often...
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Metamorphosis: Unmasking the Mystery of How Life Transforms
Jon Turney is unconvinced by a theory about how caterpillars grow wings and other transformations
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Such Stuff as Dreams: The Psychology of Fiction
If you've ever wondered why you're addicted to Dan Brown thrillers, passionate about Proust, or obsessed with Pride and Prejudice, Keith Oatley's Such Stuff as Dreams aims to provide an answer.Oatley...