Applications lacking: Wales and the North East lag
Wales and the North East of England have the lowest university application rates in the UK, Ucas data demonstrate
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Poor to face bigger student loan bill than rich, says study
Research finds woe for squeezed middle, windfall for high-paid graduates
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Project highlights forgotten female scientists
Wikipedia ‘edit-a-thon’ bolsters profile of women who changed science
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Leicester ‘airbrushed’ historian out of Richard III find
John Ashdown-Hill says university failed to acknowledge his crucial contribution to discovery of king’s remains
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A World without Wall Street?, by François Morin, translated by Krzysztof Fijalkowski and Michael Richardson
Howard Davies finds the mooted global monetary solutions unrealistic and the translation astoundingly sloppy
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Private players clueless about graduate destinations
Findings likely to be of interest to BIS as student loan costs grow
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The week in higher education - 1 August 2013
Medical students are renowned for their antics, but stuffing the remains of a walrus into a coffin would seem extreme even for them. But this could be a possible explanation for the puzzling...
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Campus round-up - 1 August 2013
Source: Farrows CreativeNow you see me…An experimental sculpture has been unveiled at Bristol Temple Meads railway station. The work, which shows a young girl standing alone and gazing at her mobile...
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Forceful female fantasy
Laura Frost on the paradox of women’s lust that science struggles to comprehend
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All clamour on feminist front
Undaunted by battles that can be gruelling and disheartening, women are ramping up the fight for equality in the academy
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Level the playing field for private providers
The state must reinstate working rights for all overseas students, argues William Hunt
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News in brief - 1 August 2013
Doctoral studyFinish rates inch upThe proportion of PhD students in England expected to obtain degrees has risen slightly, according to a Higher Education Funding Council for England report published...
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Decline and fall of American presidencies
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, Gerald Kauvar and E. Grady Bogue on forced departures and how to avoid them
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UK sector fears global talent-poachers
Institutional ‘risk registers’ flag growing worry that top managers will be lured abroad
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Mothers’ work-life balance in the academy
Matthew Reisz on how women walk the line between home and office