Cambridge still top university in table of tables
Combined figures show top five the same as last year
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Sir Paul Nurse: science needs inspiration, not top-down allocation
Backing winners can lead to poor-quality research, warns Royal Society head
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HEC: parties must commit to autonomous oversight
English system left vulnerable by lack of regulatory structure, commission warns
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New UCL provost hints at foreign strategy overhaul
Michael Arthur is ‘not a fan’ of overseas campus approach
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UK leads Europe in the fight against plagiarism
Some continental efforts to ensure integrity are ‘primitive’, study finds
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Indian student denied entry for want of £20
‘Callous’ Home Office refuses leeway for applicant hit by currency drop
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OECD questions UK graduates’ literacy and numeracy
Piaac survey also calls comparability of degree standards into question
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The week in higher education - 10 October 2013
Freshers’ Week might have put a dent in its alcohol stocks, but Leeds University Union wasn’t counting on a delivery of 4,000 bottles of Jägermeister. The consignment, which is enough for 112,000...
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Music and the ‘Mickey Mouse’ degree debate
Discord over vocational and theoretical aspects of music study in the 19th century still resonates in today’s debates about higher education’s purpose
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ELQ relaxation is good but part-timers need more aid and support
David Latchman welcomes reforms for restoring funding for some upskilling students, but argues the government should go further
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Publishing student evaluations of lecturers will improve teaching
Teachers will be motivated to improve if internal assessments are made public, says John Colley
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Athena SWAN gender equity charter spreads across sector
The scheme to boost women in science is widening its impact
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Losing side in the waiting game
Japan is a seniority-based society and academia is an elite men’s club, dominated by graduates of the highest-ranking universities. For those who work part-time in universities, particularly women,...
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Libraries combine to preserve vanishing sources online
Perma CC consortium aims to host primary source material for ever
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Peter Fawcett, 1942-2013
A British academic honoured by the French government for his major contributions to the understanding of French literature has died