It is timely that Jo Phoenix's edited collection, Regulating Sex For Sale: Prostitution Policy Reform in the UK, should have made its way into print just after the Policing and Crime Act 2009 became...
The high tuition fees paid by overseas students are an attractive source of revenue in these straitened times. But will higher education reforms change all that? Matthew Partridge investigates
League tables occupy the minds of vice-chancellors, politicians, academics and students, but Ellen Hazelkorn advises them not to draw hasty conclusions
As cuts bite, it would be easy for the sector to fragment. But, Keith Burnett argues, it must reject such pressures and work collectively to navigate the storm
Institute of Education - Primary class divideDifferent rates of progress among children in their first two years at school are still driven largely by their parents' social class, a UK-wide study has...
Greg Garrard is torn between packing his course reading lists and giving his students time to reflect and dig deep
The University of Bath has appointed Ron Humphreys the new director of Bath Ventures, the body set up to promote and generate income from the institution's intellectual property. Formerly head of...
Brussels, 26 May 2006 Full text of Document 9513/06 Suite of documents 9513/06 MONDAY 29 MAY 2006 (9:30) 1. Adoption of the agenda 2. Approval of the list of "A" items 9685/06 PTS A 26 3. Better...
Why are most people 'everyday denialists'? Steven Yearley gets a sobering lesson
Industrial action is being threatened at a number of universities as cutbacks continue.Staff at Thames Valley University have warned that they might strike in response to redundancy plans for its...
The Golden State's mix of public planning, spin-off innovation and private excellence has made it one of the global academy's powerhouses. But funding cuts threaten the University of California's pre...
Online learningTask force aims to keep UK topA task force has been set up in an attempt to cement the UK's leading global position in online learning. The Online Learning Task Force will be chaired...
No new money for places or researchUniversities must fight for grantsSavings demanded from research councils and institutions£50m for Technology Strategy Board Any hope that more money may be made...
University research generates ideas and keeps the country competitive - so we must protect its funding, argues Paul Wellings
It is time to extend R.H. Tawney's 1922 vision of universal secondary education to universal access to tertiary study, argues Simon Szreter, and also to reject the coalition's fatally misguided...