Room for growth in Japan-UK student traffic
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe calls for ‘globalisation’ and more exchanges at university leaders’ summit at University College London
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One for all: everyone wants a touch of Sorbonne magic
The venerable term is now used by three universities and three institutional clusters in Paris
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How Saudi Arabia can create an academic oasis
Philip Altbach on three problems hindering the kingdom’s institutions in their pursuit of world-class status
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Pfizer saga: health warning for UK university research
Life sciences ecosystem may lose out if US firm was ever to take over Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca
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Multi-professional approach delivers results in obstetrics training
Tim Draycott, who led the development of the PROMPT course, on the fellowship that gave him three years’ precious thinking time. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments
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UK university funding: don’t copy the ߣߣÊÓƵns
As costs soar for students Down Under, England should be even more wary of following the country’s lead, says Rachel Wenstone
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The tongue-tied Britons abroad
Ignorance of one’s native English means other languages and cultures are a closed book, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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Don’t let fees billy boil over
We must heed warnings in Hepi’s academic experience survey before following ߣߣÊÓƵ’s lead and abolishing tuition fee caps
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Lawrence Black, Mary Evans, Paul Greatrix, Vanessa Pupavac and R. C. Richardson...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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International Exchanges: Modern Art and St Ives, 1915-1965, Tate St Ives
Fiona Hackney considers the small colony of artists whose influence was felt far beyond their Cornish base
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Revolt on the Right: Explaining Support for the Radical Right in Britain, by Robert Ford and Matthew J. Goodwin
A study of Ukip’s rise yields surprising facts about the party’s followers, says Daphne Halikiopoulou
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Videoland: Movie Culture at the American Video Store, by Daniel Herbert
Linnie Blake praises an exploration of the role rental outlets played in shaping the way a generation experienced film
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Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism, by David Harvey
Chris Knight extols a persuasively argued work from a Marxist thinker on tensions in the system
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Essays and Reviews 1959-2002, by Bernard Williams
Jane O’Grady savours a collection of writings by a distinguished essayist that are still relevant today
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Malthus: The Life and Legacies of an Untimely Prophet, by Robert J. Mayhew
Niall O’Flaherty on a penetrating and nuanced account of Malthus’ insights and the consequent responses