Laurie Taylor
We’re going up, up, up!“Rejoice! Rejoice!” exclaimed our Director of Corporate Affairs, Jamie Targett, as he revealed at yesterday’s specially convened staff meeting in the atrium of the new...
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Support for the spirits of young enterprise
Universities ‘have a duty to nurture students’ fledgling businesses’. Elizabeth Gibney writes
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News in brief
Industrial action voteUCU ballot over pay disputeUnionised academics are being balloted for industrial action over employers’ 1 per cent pay offer. The University and College Union said it will...
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Log on to the pedagogic network
Study points to a ‘new kind of pedagogy’ on the higher education horizon. Jack Grove reports
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Call to improve reporting of animal research
Universities urged to adopt Arrive guidelines when publishing the results of scientific studies involving animals
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Marks of racial equality
Equality unit to pilot third initiative to foster greater fairness in academy. Elizabeth Gibney reports
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Small fry fear big fish will dominate Mooc pond
Government report identifies friction in sector over online courses
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Elite waters: overseas students favour Russell Group destinations
Russell Group institutions are by far the most popular UK destinations for overseas students, accounting for more than a third of the numbers in 2011-12.University Alliance and non-aligned pre-1992...
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Lower fees won’t play with voters, Rammell warns Labour
V-c Bill Rammell suggests £6,000 charges are not a priority for most voters. John Morgan writes
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Debt restructure?
Sir Alan Langlands proud of guiding sector through choppy waters
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ABB policy may help new more than old
New universities may get the most from policy change, argues GuildHE head. Jack Grove reports
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Leader - Vaunting ambition and the hurdle of pessimism
Harvard’s huge fundraising and the US’ big lead in Moocs show that we can only learn from the American ‘can-do’ spirit
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The week in higher education
So farewell to the “Slappers ’n’ Rappers” and “Pimps ’n’ Hoes” club nights that were once a staple of some freshers’ weeks. Far fewer gangsta rap-themed parties will be happening on campus this year...
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