University lecturers to boycott marking over pensions row
Staff at older universities will begin a marking boycott next week in a row over pension changes
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Artists shouldn't be ‘colonised’ for impact, scholar says
The pressure for academics to deliver “public engagement” should not lead to them “colonising the creative arts”
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Blog: Battle for the Warburg
With a court judgment imminent, Chris Cobb reflects on the legal tussle over the future of the institute
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Teacher training review: Ucet highlights importance of academic route
Student teachers must still have the option of taking an academic qualification alongside their classroom training
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Thomas Docherty ‘deeply moved’ by support
Thomas Docherty, the University of Warwick professor suspended in January, has thanked his supporters after allegations against him were dismissed
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Next government must ‘prioritise’ new HE law, says Hefce
Higher education legislation should be a priority for the new government after 2015, according to England’s funding council.
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‘Cheap, pathetic gestures’ on immigration harming HE
A business leader has said he is “appalled” to see universities end up as “victims of political point-scoring” and a “meaningless” migration target
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University applicant numbers down for early deadline
The number of UK students applying to medical and dentistry schools, veterinary courses and Oxbridge has fallen by 5 per cent, new figures show.
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Northern Irish universities warned over major cuts
Reports that thousands of student places could be cut
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Ten ‘academic’ words that have just made it into the dictionary
New edition of Collins English Dictionary contains raft of new terms
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THE podcast: 23-29 October 2014 issue review
Download the podcastConcerns about the effectiveness of an immigration working group, this week’s ߣߣƵ books section, the increasing monitoring of scholars’ work and Arizona State...
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University levy on graduates could end taxpayer ‘burden’ - thinktank
Public funding for universities should be scrapped and replaced by graduates paying an earnings levy to their institutions, according to a thinktank.
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Object lessons: 100 examples of the stuff history was made on
Rebecca Onion on the pros and cons of scholarship as listicle
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Janet Beer, Tim Birkhead, Stephen Halliday, Nigel Rodenhurst and Jon Turney...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women Across the Ancient World, by Adrienne Mayor
Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones on a merging of the sexy myth of superwomen and history of nomadic fighters