Pressure rises to ‘give high marks’
Initial Best University Workplace results suggest quality is being compromised in a bid to boost student numbers
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Subs plan could sink IT infrastructure, Hepi warns
Report outlines the potential perils of a shift away from central funding for Jisc
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Decolonising the academy
Nathaniel Adam Tobias Coleman’s article (“How do you solve a very British problem like eugenics?”, Opinion, 9 October) and the event to which it draws attention are important contributions to the...
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Are postgraduate loans on the horizon?
Nick Hillman considers the likelihood of the government taking concrete steps to help postgraduate students before the election
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Cracks show at immigration working group
Key members argue that ‘innocent’ students need greater concessions
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How is austerity impacting on Europe’s universities?
Post-crash austerity measures have buffeted university funding across Europe in the past six years. Jack Grove looks at how some countries are faring on state funding, according to a recent European...
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Imperial College London’s PhD students feeling the stress
Institutional survey finds more discontentment among doctoral students than five year ago
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Higher education must address gender-related violence
Universities need to ensure that those with everyday contact with young people recognise and challenge abuse, says Miriam David
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Plato at the Googleplex, by Rebecca Newberger Goldstein
K. E. Gover assesses the case for the continuing relevance of Platonic thinking to modern life
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Arizona State University aims to wipe out the replicants
Michael Crow on the radical change needed to build the New American University
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THE podcast: Martyn Harrow interview
Source: JiscDownload the podcastChief executive of Jisc, Martyn Harrow, discusses the future of the education technology charity with ߣߣƵ reporter Chris Parr.In this podcast, they...
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23 October 2014
We’re watching you - But who actually benefits from the monitoring of academics?
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Leonard Marsh, 1930-2014
A leading authority on primary education who served for more than 20 years as principal of what is now Bishop Grosseteste University has died
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Q&A with Kim Frost
We speak to the new chair of Universities Human ߣߣƵ and HR director of the University of London
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An international REF? How about infinity and beyond?
Alistair McCulloch wonders if those seeking to expand research assessment beyond the UK are a bit too parochial in their ambitions