Nigel Piercy resigns as dean of Swansea's School of Management
Controversial dean blames ‘differences’ with the university over implementation of future strategy
Search
-
-
TEF must become ‘evidenced reflection’ of the impact of teaching
Teaching excellence framework must not be a superficial extension of data already being collected, warns Dame Julia King
-
News blog: Is estates spending a capital idea?
Chris Havergal asks whether spending money on new buildings and facilities can give universities a competitive edge
-
Video: THE World Academic Summit 2015
The University of Melbourne, 30 September - 2 October
-
Why has scientific progress stalled in many Islamic countries?
‘Critical Muslims’ square up to the challenges facing higher education and research
-
Universities to lose lucrative R&D tax credit
Budget document says the relief was never intended for higher education institutions
-
Proposal to force current students to pay more for loans ‘cynical and immoral’
Government attacked by Hepi president for backtracking on pledge to increase loan repayment threshold
-
News blog: Right-wing thinktank close to Sajid Javid calls for scrapping of REF
Will Institute of Economic Affairs report put the idea of cuts to QR funding on the political agenda? asks John Morgan
-
The perpetual financial crisis of UK higher education
Lee Jones reacts to the £150 million cut to Hefce's budget
-
THE podcast: 23-29 July 2015 issue review
This week's issue discussed by the ߣߣƵ team
-
Healthy obsessions
Lord Rees of Ludlow is surely right that significant outcomes are more likely to emerge when researchers are committed to – even obsessed with – tackling problems (“Tracing the trajectory between...
-
Back to boycott basics
Audrey Osler’s extraordinary statement that earlier this year Soas, University of London “held an institution-wide referendum on an academic boycott of Israel, backing it by an overwhelming majority...
-
Where’s the Brexit?
Outside the European Union, our universities could still cooperate with their EU counterparts and UK students could still study abroad. As home to many pre-eminent educational establishments, the UK...
-
The single parent trap
I like the honesty in Nicole Westmarland’s article (“Life after loss”, Opinion, 18 June). It was recommended to me because of my despair at being a final-stage PhD student and a single parent while...
-
Props for a good show
In common with all of Microsoft Office, PowerPoint suffers from “familiarity breeding contempt” (“In praise of PowerPoint”, Opinion, 16 July). Yet I am always amazed by the functionality of such...