Universities Week: Willetts announces Biomedical Catalyst funding
Universities and science minister David Willetts has announced a £48 million investment in biomedical research.
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Libby Hackett to leave University Alliance
Libby Hackett is to leave the University Alliance after five years as its chief executive
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Brazil passes goal for education as World Cup looms
Brazil will aim to be spend 10 per cent of GDP on education within a decade after a national plan was passed by the country’s main legislature.
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Bright comprehensive pupils ‘just as likely’ to reach 'high status' unis
DfE report suggests grammar schools appear not to have huge influence on HE path once background taken into account
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The 10 most highly educated global cities
Which major cities have the best universities, and the most university-educated citizens?
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Handgun permits held by ‘about 5 per cent’ of US university leaders
Around 5 per cent of US university presidents hold a permit to carry a concealed handgun, according to a survey of 401 college leaders.
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THE podcast: 5 June 2014 issue review
Download the podcastThe possible resignation of a journal’s editorial board, the US universities turning to private firms to recruit overseas students, and the University and College Union congress...
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Place-hacker Bradley Garrett: research at the edge of the law
Bradley Garrett, whose fieldwork was seized and used in court against the urban explorers he studied, says researchers need clear support
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Tables arrangements may be a distraction
Focus on league tables could shift Middle Eastern universities from honourable priorities, argues Cesar Wazen
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How Not to Be Wrong: The Hidden Maths of Everyday Life, by Jordan Ellenberg
Tony Mann enjoys a fresh application of complex mathematical thinking to commonplace events
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5 June 2014
Confidential concerns - Does research involving those at the edge of the law need better protection?
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Marking? It’ll be done in just a tick
Lecturer Emma Rees has 65 essays to mark. But first, Iced Gems, tea, more tea…
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Strike ballot at King’s College London over proposed job cuts
Up to 120 positions to be lost across three health schools
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To a T
Re What are you reading? (Books, 15 May). Sir David Bell’s choice, Roy Jenkins: A Well-Rounded Life, could not have come from a more appropriate publishing house – Vintage.Peter B. BakerLondon
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Nothing to blush about
This magazine recently highlighted the fact that Kinki University in Japan is anxious to change its name, and you invited us at Bishop Grosseteste University to consider a similar move (The week in...