The week in higher education – 21 September 2017
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

Countries worldwide are grappling with the challenge of expanding higher education with limited resources while maintaining quality

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In his article “Is abolishing tuition fees regressive? It depends how it’s done” (Opinion, 17 August), Lord Adonis says: “My political sense is that if the universities and/or the government move...
Once again, it is suggested that the “global marketplace that now exists for university leaders” accounts for large rises in the pay of UK vice-chancellors “Are rising fees bankrolling growth in v-cs...
“What is the right level of pay for those who lead UK universities?” asks Andrew Oswald (“Because they’re worth it?”, Features, 14 September). There is an easy answer: let the market decide....
Reading Laura Frost’s review of Vibrator Nation (“Happiness lies in your own hands”, Books, 7 September), which I very much enjoyed, I was reminded of such literary greats as Thomas Nashe’s poem ...

Inaugural UK-US science deal will include investment in two major projects Stateside

Vigilante mob face murder charges over campus killing of student Mashal Khan

New agreement could take cooperation to a new level

Call coincides with Commission president's annual speech

Class of ’92 to set up alternative provider teaching business, media and sport