The Body Economic: Why Austerity Kills, by David Stuckler and Sanjay Basu
Kitty Stewart on how belt-tightening means life-shortening for some

Kitty Stewart on how belt-tightening means life-shortening for some

Higher education could face more cuts after next month’s polls, many fear

Critics say universities are ‘not playing fair’

How long before search committees stop assuming that the right man for the top university job is a man?

Home Office bid would set huge hurdles for overseas students seeking private rentals, warns UKCISA

Alessandra Lopez y Royo feels that money-obsessed universities are killing off integrity, honesty and mutual support

Annmarie Adams on one man’s quest to find places where form meets libido
We write as a group of concerned academics who find themselves unable to resolve a difficult academic dispute and are hoping to find guidance from the community of scholarship.Overall student...

Chris Pierson considers a pitch for ‘assertive social democracy’ in an age dominated by neoliberalism

Undergraduates ‘reproduce social inequality’, paper argues

Student numbers at private higher education institutions will be capped from 2014-15, the government has confirmed, while private providers will also be granted unlimited recruitment of high-grade...

The University and College Union is among those invited to a Labour Party summit to discuss the controversial issue of zero-hours contracts.

Police have named the woman whose body was found in a lake at the University of East Anglia.

Nearly half of all university finance directors believe now is a good time to be taking “greater risk” onto their balance sheets, according to a survey by consultants Deloitte.

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed