World in brief - 9 October 2014
United StatesSit-in ends after improvements promisedA five-day sit-in at Colgate University in New York, organised to protest against the institution’s lack of diversity and its alleged poor...

United StatesSit-in ends after improvements promisedA five-day sit-in at Colgate University in New York, organised to protest against the institution’s lack of diversity and its alleged poor...

An internationally acclaimed authority on the role of creativity in education has died

Postgraduate studyUK survey verdict: mostly happyFour out of five postgraduate students are happy with their course, a new survey indicates. Some 83 per cent of the 67,580 people polled for the...

Leverhulme TrustResearch Project GrantsSciencesAward winner: Alexander BeltonInstitution: Lancaster UniversityValue: £84,895Quantum random walks and quasi-free quantum stochastic calculusAward winner...

With seven first-class universities in the ߣߣƵ World University Rankings 2014-2015 concentrated in London, more than in any other city in the world, is it not the time for Oxbridge...
Are those of us who savour the irony of a British professor’s feeling the need to write “in a personal capacity” about academic freedom (Thomas Docherty, “Jobsworths and squatters”, Books, 2 October...
We were interested to read “On the PhD quest, the first step is always an open book” (Careers intelligence, 2 October), emphasising the role of extensive reading in the establishment of an...
The subject of economics appears to be stuck in a deep rut of rote learning, complex mathematical-based theory and squabbling over ideologies rather than devising good advice for business. So why,...
The report on the colloquium on the marketisation of higher education held at the University of West London to celebrate the work of Roger Brown, with notes on inputs from Joanna Williams and Patrick...
Felipe Fernández-Armesto (“Careless talk costs you”, Opinion, 25 September) and Christopher Davidson (“Heard mentality: if you want to multiply your flock, use Twitter”, Opinion, 2 October) offer...
Danny Dorling presents a worrying portrait of growing economic inequality in the UK and argues that “schools and universities could be seen to be adapting to, and reinforcing”, this situation (“...

Stumped about how to enthuse the latest batch of grumpy, hungover 18-year-olds to grace your 9am Monday lecture? Don’t worry, help is at hand from the country’s top independent schools. School heads...

Source: AlamyChristine Hovis, our deputy head of corporate branding, has admitted to a “degree of professional jealousy” upon learning that Leeds Beckett University (formerly Leeds Metropolitan...

MP attacks Labour’s plan and urges his own party to spend spare public funds on bursaries