Time to budge up, for your budget's sake
The enduring perception of an office as a status symbol has contributed to the higher education sector lagging behind nearly all others in the efficient use of space.That is one of the conclusions of...
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'Paint the dream' in Chinese characters
Reach would-be students via made-in-China sites, UK institutions are advised. Sarah Cunnane writes
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News in brief
Archive digitisationVive la révolution numériqueThe British Library has announced a major strategic partnership with Google that will result in the digitisation of about 250,000 publications. It is...
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Let's broaden the definition
Using peer review to reflect the holistic nature of journal 'output' would mitigate the REF, argues Keith Kahn-Harris
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Simple blueprint for a genuine market based on quality and variety
The sector doesn't need a Byzantine White Paper, says Aldwyn Cooper: it needs clear criteria, empowered universities and greater diversity
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Black Hawk frowns
Move over, 'helicopter parents': a new model is strafing the US sector and is on its way here. Peter Gumbel offers an early warning
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Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe
Objects both strange and beautiful show the power of relics as tokens of the glorious destiny of the redeemed, says Eamon Duffy
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The Pick - Shall I Say a Kiss?
Shall I Say a Kiss?BBC Radio 4, 28 June, 2.15pmMorris met Eva at Warrington Deaf Club in 1936 and soon decided he "should like to claim (her) as my girl" and ask her to make a new life with him in...
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Diary
Compton Verney, Warwickshire'Capability' Brown and the landscapes of Middle EnglandSet in its own "Capability" Brown landscape, Compton Verney makes the perfect venue for the first exhibition devoted...
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My box is bigger than yours!
Our Head of Research Impact, Gerald Thudd, has described the recent London School of Economics conference, Investigating Academic Impact, as "a major breakthrough".Thudd informed our reporter, Keith...
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Research Intelligence - Alternative outcomes
As the first professor of complementary medicine retires, he recalls a rough ride. Paul Jump reports
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The week in higher education
•The University of Cambridge got more than it bargained for in recruiting a new chancellor. The university put forward Lord Sainsbury, the former science minister and chairman of Sainsbury's, as its...
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Leader: A record fit for the 21st century
Scrapping degree classifications for US-style GPAs represents a long-overdue step to modernise accounts of student achievement
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From where I sit - Bowl out the 'Measurers'
In the last days of May, the Australian government came to an unwontedly sensible conclusion in regard to its recently completed Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) exercise. It dropped the...
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Appointments
University of East LondonDusty AmroliwalaDusty Amroliwala was, by his own admission, a "late starter" in the world of higher education, but the former Royal Air Force officer is now evangelical about...