THE podcast: 15 May 2014 issue review
Download the podcastThe row between the University and College Union and universities that opted to dock staff pay, a decline in the amount of money pledged by donors to UK universities, this week’s...

Download the podcastThe row between the University and College Union and universities that opted to dock staff pay, a decline in the amount of money pledged by donors to UK universities, this week’s...

Boasting about an honorary degree is one step up from bragging about a cycling proficiency badge, you might think. But Sean Combs, aka Puff Daddy, P Diddy or just Diddy, enthusiastically trumpeted...

Academic proposes biomedical public-private partnerships to protect the ‘R&D ecosystem’ from commercial affairs

How are universities dealing with upheavals in the training of key workers, from teachers and nurses to police officers and social workers?

Lecturer’s contract not renewed after he set up out-of-hours module to broaden curriculum

Consumer legislation will provide tools to ‘whack’ universities, Westminster Higher Education Forum hears

An assessment boycott has been dropped, but fair pay is still a long way off, says general secretary Sally Hunt

Which countries are steaming ahead in scientific output and power? Simon Marginson analyses the worldwide data

Dick Hobbs on how the intense nature of policing creates secondary casualties in poor communities

Robert Appelbaum reveals the highlight of his three-month sojourn in South Africa

A distinguished academic expert on urban geography and the geographies of development has died

Front-line battles - The challenges of training key workers

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We speak to the new vice-chancellor’s fellow at the University of Melbourne, a former commissioner for environmental sustainability in Victoria

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