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...
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The week in higher education - 15 May 2014
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...
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Pfizer takeover bid raises fear for university-industry links
Academic proposes biomedical public-private partnerships to protect the ‘R&D ecosystem’ from commercial affairs
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Public workforce training under pressure
How are universities dealing with upheavals in the training of key workers, from teachers and nurses to police officers and social workers?
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Bubble bursts on economist’s ‘alternative’ course
Lecturer’s contract not renewed after he set up out-of-hours module to broaden curriculum
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Are students learning partners or litigants with big sticks?
Consumer legislation will provide tools to ‘whack’ universities, Westminster Higher Education Forum hears
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After the pay deal, UCU fights on
An assessment boycott has been dropped, but fair pay is still a long way off, says general secretary Sally Hunt
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Research is now a global game
Which countries are steaming ahead in scientific output and power? Simon Marginson analyses the worldwide data
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On the Run: Fugitive Life in an American City, by Alice Goffman
Dick Hobbs on how the intense nature of policing creates secondary casualties in poor communities
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Beyond consumer-tourism in the Rainbow Nation
Robert Appelbaum reveals the highlight of his three-month sojourn in South Africa
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Rob Potter, 1950-2014
A distinguished academic expert on urban geography and the geographies of development has died
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15 May 2014
Front-line battles - The challenges of training key workers
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Grant winners - 15 May 2014
Leverhulme TrustInternational Network GrantsSciencesAward winner: Istvan BallaiInstitution: University of SheffieldValue: £108,980Instabilities in partially ionised prominence plasmasAward winner:...
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Q&A with Kate Auty
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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THE Scholarly Web - 15 May 2014
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere