30 October 2014
Uncontrolled growth - The rapid expansion of private colleges
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Victoria Henshaw, 1971-2014
A pioneer in the field of sensory studies and urban design has died
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Q&A with Carla Valentine
We speak to the technical curator of Barts Pathology Museum, part of the School of Medicine and Dentistry at Queen Mary University of London
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Who is Stronzo Bestiale?
A blogger gets to the bottom of tale concerning a physicist whose name means ‘total asshole’ in Italian
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World in brief - 30 October 2014
United StatesScrutiny over sexual assaults growsThere has been a 50 per cent rise in the number of government investigations into US higher education institutions’ handling of sexual assaults on...
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Grant winners - 30 October 2014
Arts and Humanities Research CouncilScience in Culture Innovation AwardsAward winner: Tony PrescottInstitution: University of SheffieldValue: £64,118Cyberselves in immersive technologiesAward winner...
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News in brief - 30 October 2014
USS pensionsTobacco investments under attackThe Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) should reconsider its investments in companies that sell tobacco, arms and fossil fuels, a new campaign says....
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Through the wardrobe
I struggled with Sally Feldman’s article, “Post-dungaree decisions”, about academic dress (Opinion, 16 October). I know plenty of chic female academics. I wear dresses and am also a radical feminist...
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Regional concerns
It is difficult to understand the basis of the suggestion in the city growth report by the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce that graduates do not work in the...
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The efficiency agenda
Last week’s cover story (“Mass observation”, Features, 23 October) on the monitoring of academics raised some interesting points about staff assessment and academic freedom.However, focusing on one...
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History’s minority
We write as a group of concerned black historians and teachers anxious to highlight during Black History Month the alarmingly low numbers of black history students at undergraduate and postgraduate...
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Private ways to advance
Alan Milburn is clearly right to highlight the role of higher education in social mobility, but frustratingly, the focus is still on the few, getting the “gifted” minority into traditional...
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Who is leading the call for QAA review?
The Higher Education Funding Council for England’s announcement on 7 October of a “quality assessment” consultation came as quite a surprise.Hefce says this is to take place in conjunction with the...
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Pile ’em high
Source: Getty“It’s nothing more than a medium-sized temporary blip.”That was how Nathan Prest, our Head of Student Recruitment, responded to allegations that our university’s new “Super Greed” policy...