Call to use Carnegie Classification in UK
US analysis of institution’s diverse missions can supplement ‘simplistic’ league tables focusing on research, says scholar
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Iran’s persecuted Baha’is are fighting for education
Iran’s attacks on institute serving the persecuted community are highlighted. Matthew Reisz writes
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Realistic expectations keep you on the path to a PhD
Isolation is part of the experience, but peer support groups and co-working can combat loneliness and quell students’ self-doubt
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Film shows fight for education by Iran’s Baha’is
To Light a Candle documentary spotlights work of underground Baha’i Institute for Higher Education in face of persecution
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The right woman for the job?
Institutions offering women-only posts have drawn criticism…and a fair number of male applicants
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USS reforms
UUK’s proposed hybrid scheme could result in losses of £20,000 a year
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Reading music
The interview with Stuart Dunlop, the director of music at the University of East Anglia (HE & Me, 4 September), contained the very encouraging suggestion from Dunlop that “it [the university...
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Season of academic fruitfulness
As the new academic year approaches, Shahidha Bari reflects on the restorative nature of the summer break
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David Willetts: £6K tuition fees won’t work
Former minister warns Labour’s Liam Byrne that lowering tuition fees will cause him no end of grief
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‘Universities are gold mines and we must better extract their value’
Brian Cox urges institutions to work with local providers to widen participation
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Tips on writing a winning research proposal for Horizon 2020
Boost your chances of getting funding by identifying EU goals and using keywords. Plus the latest higher education appointments
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A new generation of students seeks a New Deal
In the 2015 election, says NUS president Toni Pearce, students will be seeking a fairer future, not revenge for fees hikes
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‘They took me on trust’: from the streets to higher education pathways
A rough sleeper turned Exeter philosophy undergraduate credits the help of Northern College’s access course
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Calm in the classroom
Dale Salwak on how he creates a space where students can focus, safe from life’s distractions
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The Marshmallow Test: Understanding Self-control and How to Master It, by Walter Mischel
Resisting sexual temptation is one thing, forgoing sweets another. Natalie Gold on a study of restraint