Literature in the First Media Age: Britain between the Wars, by David Trotter
Gary Day on an exploration of new technologies’ effects on artists’ representation of the world
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Rebellion: Britain’s First Stuart Kings, 1567-1642, by Tim Harris
Ronald Hutton praises a tour de force on the causes of the English Civil War
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Ivy League head warns of harms of institutional bloat
Accretion of projects harms the ability of US universities to restrain costs and hit goals, says Dartmouth College president
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UK university partners end ties to LSBF
Private college loses all its previous degree-validating partners
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Banks could offer student finance option, v-c suggests
Rama Thirunamachandran moots idea of a loan system ‘underpinned by the private sector’
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The week in higher education
Prince William has had a busy time recently: high-fiving Tinie Tempah at the Baftas last week, shifting sandbags in a flood-hit Berkshire village and reportedly enjoying a hunting holiday in Spain...
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The week in higher education - 20 February 2014
It has bar stools and beer pumps, but the new “pub” at London South Bank University is not what it seems. In fact it is “an elaborate set, built at a cost of £20,000 by the psychology department; a...
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Hit the road, philosophy
Philosophers need to follow Socrates’ example and get back among the people, say John Kaag and David O’Hara
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Turbocharge teaching with a team of rivals
Courses led by interdisciplinary groups can energise teachers and students, says Robert Zaretsky
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Gove rejects IoE free school
Michael Gove has vetoed plans for a free school sponsored by the Institute of Education, as the proposal failed to reach the government’s “high bar”
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Snowden wins Glasgow rector vote
The whistleblower Edward Snowden has been elected rector of the University of Glasgow
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OFT warns universities over student debt rules
The Office of Fair Trading has told universities to review rules that stop students from graduating if they have non-tuition fee debts.
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UCU threatens marking boycott over pay
Hundreds of thousands of students may not be able to graduate this summer if the University and College Union carries out a possible marking boycott.
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Humanities could be replaced by '7 Habits' self-help
By Colleen Flaherty for Inside Higher Ed
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10 reasons why Caltech is the world’s number one university
The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has been top of the ߣߣƵ World University Rankings for the past three years and has produced 32 Nobel Laureates in just 123 years....