Eugenics at UCL: We inherited Galton
Earlier this year a debate at University College London asked Why Isn’t My Professor Black?Michael Arthur, the UCL provost, was asked by a student during a panel session why the institution...

Earlier this year a debate at University College London asked Why Isn’t My Professor Black?Michael Arthur, the UCL provost, was asked by a student during a panel session why the institution...

Download the podcastThe future of the Quality Assurance Agency, this week’s THE books section, and our regular Careers Intelligence slot are covered in the latest ߣߣƵ issue review...

Flexible model at West Midlands institution providing ‘budget’ higher education means students can balance their study, work and care commitments

There is no dumbing down with a professor’s Caltech Parallel Session - how do campus and online students feel about the shared course?

It’s all in the mix - Are the social sciences in need of a shake-up?

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...