A new strategy is needed for a brutal new era
Peter Hallward describes why he joined the demonstration on 9 December, and gives his personal account of how events unfolded that day
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Complaints adjudication moves towards transparency
The student complaints body is pressing ahead with plans to publish more details about the cases it handles, despite universities鈥 concerns that their reputations could be damaged.
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V-c pledges to match fee-debt payments to support students
A vice-chancellor has told staff at his university that he intends to take on the same tuition fee 鈥渄ebt鈥 as future students.
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Coalition survives Lib Dem backbench rebellion to carry fees vote in Commons
The tuition fee cap in England is set to rise to 拢9,000 after the coalition government survived a rebellion from Liberal Democrat backbenchers to win a House of Commons vote.
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Thinking about Leadership
Amanda Goodall finds this analysis perceptive, useful...and it's written by someone who has led
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Begat: The King James Bible and the English Language
Many of today's common phrases originated in the Authorised Version, Hannibal Hamlin discovers
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Surviving Hitler's War: Family Life in Germany, 1939-48
Much has been written about women in wartime and post-war Germany, generally to the effect that they were left to shoulder the burdens of maintaining family life in both the terrifying and chaotic...
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The Solitary Self: Darwin and the Selfish Gene
It is not, I suggest, just an accident that all those we think of as typical rational beings - namely human ones - have begun their lives as babies, living in a deeply affectionate and dependent...
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Herding Cats: Being Advice to Aspiring Academic and Research Leaders
Malcolm Gillies enjoys this aphoristic guide to university life but fears time may have moved on
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Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern World
Until the 19th century, the average person consumed $3 per day (in today's prices). There were small blips for ancient Rome, the early medieval Arab world and late medieval Europe, but otherwise the...
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Mind Games: 31 Days to Rediscover Your Brain
This book advertises itself as a self-directed course to explore mind, brain and consciousness in a way that involves not just reading, but engaging in various activities that allow diligent students...
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Campus round-up
University of Northampton - Trash to cashProceeds from a university's new social enterprise are to be used to fund student scholarships. We Re PC, the company launched by the University of...
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News in brief
IndiaTurn it up to six, protests demandThousands of staff from about 200 universities took part in a march to demand that the Indian government increase its investment in education. The protesters,...
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No campus necessary: online provider offers hope to Haiti
As the country struggles with problems caused by the quake, distance learning stirs optimism for some young people. Sarah Cunnane reports
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The life fantastic? Students who share it can Shine!
International students are being invited to follow in the footsteps of an award-winner who took a passion for international development and apple crumble from her time in the UK.Entries are sought...