‘Place-hacker’ prosecution ‘attack on intellectual freedom’
Oxford academic at centre of case says ‘clearly punitive investigation’ undermined ethnographic research
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Watchdog called in on private college use of student loans
The UK’s public spending watchdog has been asked to investigate possible misuse of public money in the student loans system by for-profit colleges.
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Oxford students’ union breaks NUS link
The University of Oxford has become the latest higher education institution to disaffiliate from the National Union of Students.
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UCL and IoE merger on track for December
Governing councils give the green light to look at detail of deal
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Saskatchewan president fired after sacked professor row
A Canadian university president at the centre of a row about the sacking of a professor who spoke out about planned cuts has been dismissed.
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THE podcast: 22 May 2014 issue review
Download the podcastAre final salary pensions coming to an end? And will plans to simplify the approval process for research carried out within the NHS work? These are among the issues discussed in...
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22 May 2014
Generation innovation - Supporting scholarship throughout the academic life cycle
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World in brief - 22 May 2014
FinlandEastern neighbours study Finnish institutional autonomyA training seminar was held recently at the University of Helsinki as part of a European Union initiative to assist reform and capacity-...
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Grant winners - 22 May 2014
Royal SocietyWolfson Research Merit AwardsAwards are worth £10,000-£30,000 a year, which is a salary enhancementAward winner: Graham HargraveInstitution: Loughborough UniversityEnergy efficiency...
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Melanie Jasper, 1954-2014
An “inspirational” head of the largest provider of healthcare education in Wales has died
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Q&A with Margaret Archer
We speak to the president of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, the highest-ranking woman in Pope Francis’ papacy
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THE Scholarly Web - 22 May 2014
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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News in brief - 22 May 2014
Exam howlersTime to share student blundersWith the exam season well and truly under way – and luckily no longer affected by the threat of a marking boycott – ߣߣƵ is launching this...
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Somebody stole my sit-in
“Frankly, it’s common theft.”That was the reaction of our Head of Economics, Murray Bund, to the news that Edinburgh Napier University will have dogs sitting in when conducting interviews for its...
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