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Ten years after 9/11, terror studies run on ideals and ready cash
Interdisciplinary alliances, job-seekers and patriots fuel growth in US scholarship, reports Jon Marcus
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Off Piste - The Anarchic view from the hutch
When an anthropologist and her partner were arrested on the eve of the royal wedding for planning an anti-monarchy mock execution, the incident ended up on YouTube - and the footage revealed concern...
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The week in higher education
? First the dodgy dossier, now the dodgy doctorate: Tony Blair and unreliable material are inadvertently together again. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of Mu'ammer Gaddafi, sought out Mr Blair's...
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Leader: It's lost control again
As poor steering threatens to cut off the supply of homegrown STEM graduates, coalition policy looks set to crash and burn
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From where I sit - Few Dutch treats in globalisation
When it came at us from the margins, it caught most of us lecturers in the political science department on our blind side. The first stage of the Anglo-Saxon takeover appeared innocent enough: some...
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Appointments
University of NottinghamBob WebbA leading expert on reproductive biology has received the prestigious Marshall Award from the Council of the Society for Reproduction and Fertility, awarded for work...
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Research Intelligence - Turn on, tune in and make waves
Academics with a hankering to shine on radio now have their opportunity. Paul Jump reports
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Taking Lithuanian leave
Malcolm Gillies asks: how much time off do we really need or deserve?
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8 September 2011
Dead as a… - Is the writing on the wall for journalism?
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Nine grand means drop in demand, study finds
Research that suggests university enrolment could fall by at least 5 per cent due to higher tuition fees has been seized upon by the National Union of Students as a “stark warning” that the...
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Students' weakness in maths leaves academics counting the cost
Physics and engineering academics are having to teach students who are unprepared for their courses because of “a gap in knowledge” on maths, the Institute of Physics has warned.
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BPP undercuts universities on fees
The UK’s only for-profit provider with degree-awarding powers has undercut almost all English universities with its tuition fees for 2012-13 by planning to charge undergraduates between ?12,000 and ?...
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Edinburgh’s 'rest-of-UK' fees head north to ?36,000
The University of Edinburgh has announced it will charge undergraduates from England, Wales and Northern Ireland up to ?36,000 for a degree.
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Inside Higher Ed: Relationship problems
By Kevin Kiley, for Inside Higher Ed