British Academy booklet shows how society can 'prosper wisely'
A new British Academy booklet aims to show how the social sciences and humanities can help build a society which combines prosperity with wisdom.
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Starting out in a recession 'boosts productivity'
Academics who complete their PhDs during a recession are significantly more productive in the long-term than those who do so during a boom, research suggests.
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Stormy weather for BIS as MPs savage forecasting failures
MPs in charge of examining public spending “don’t have confidence” in the government figures behind the £200 billion student loans system.
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Bodleian appoints to top job
The University of Oxford has announced the appointment of Richard Ovenden as Bodley’s Librarian
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THE books podcast: Philip Roscoe interview
Download the podcastPhilip Roscoe, reader in management and director of postgraduate research in the School of Management at the University of St Andrews in conversation with ߣߣƵ’s...
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THE podcast: Shirley Ann Jackson and John Kolb interview
Source: UpstateNYerDownload the podcastShirley Ann Jackson, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York, and John Kolb, vice-president for information services and technology and chief...
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NUS president Toni Pearce to face challenge from Ukip activist
ULU vice-president and NUS black students’ officer also on ballot
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Students studying for UK qualification abroad up 5 per cent
But more than 40 per cent are registered with Oxford Brookes, says Hesa
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THE podcast: 13 February 2014 issue review
Download the podcastThe effectiveness of university outreach activities, the 2014 grant letter, our regular HE & Me section and Germany’s U-turn on tuition fees are all discussed in this week...
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Graham Baldwin to be next Southampton Solent v-c
Southampton Solent University has named Graham Baldwin as its next vice-chancellor
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Germany’s great tuition fees U-turn
Could England force a similar reversal? Howard Hotson asks
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I Spend, Therefore I Am: The True Cost of Economics, by Philip Roscoe
Michelle Baddeley on an exploration of what makes us tick
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Graduate teaching assistants have been left behind by all
Striking academics call for better pay, but the PhD students who support their work are suffering even more, Fern Riddell says
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Data privacy change could be a bitter pill
Proposed European reforms could stymie UK health research, says MRC head
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Poor aren’t making inroads into elite universities
Contrast between their chances and those of the rich are unchanged since late 1990s, Offa finds