Research ‘already harmed’ by funding freeze
Scientific research in the UK has been harmed by the current spending freeze, a report has claimed
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Cable rules out hitting existing graduates on loan interest
Vince Cable, the business secretary, says he has “ruled out categorically” any rise in interest rates for graduates who took out student loans before 2012, while stressing that plans for a sale of...
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Rowan Williams hails 'rich heritage' of University of South Wales
The former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has been announced as the new chancellor of the University of South Wales
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Inside Higher Ed: Shifts on Agents
By Elizabeth Redden, for Inside Higher Ed
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Monash, Trinity and Edinburgh join FutureLearn
The UK’s platform for free online university courses has announced its first international members.
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Milburn: Russell Group not doing enough on access
The proportion of students entering Russell Group universities who are state-educated has fallen in the last decade, a report from a government commission on social mobility has said.
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Liverpool move on contracts sparks anger
The University of Liverpool has been accused of “putting a gun to the head” of almost 3,000 staff who a union says face losing their jobs unless they accept altered working terms and conditions
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Knighthoods go to Bristol and UCL V-cs
The Queen’s Birthday Honours List includes a knighthood for Eric Thomas, the University of Bristol vice-chancellor and Universities UK president
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Student loan proposals ‘outrageous’, says Labour
The government should urgently clarify its plans for the sale of the student loan book and reassure existing graduates that their repayments will not be raised, according to Labour’s shadow higher...
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G8 science ministers endorse open access
Science ministers from the G8 group of the world’s richest countries have jointly endorsed the need to increase access to publicly-funded research.
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Graduate job search 'starting earlier than ever’
Students are starting their search for a graduate job earlier than ever, a new survey has revealed.
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THE podcast: 13 June 2013 issue review
Download the podcastThis week’s issue review looks at the number of women professors in UK universities, our ever-popular Books section, and the growing number of student complaints against higher...
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The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South by Vijay Prashad
By whom, and for what reasons, has development throughout the “poorer nations” of the global South been thwarted in the post-colonial era? Vijay Prashad’s book offers an unambiguous answer to this...
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Roman Palmyra: Identity, Community, and State Formation by Andrew M. Smith II
When, before AD77, Pliny the Elder remarked that Palmyra “had its own fate” between the Roman and Parthian empires, what had been a remote oasis in the Syrian desert a century earlier was becoming a...
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Soaring dragon leaves neoliberals at a loss
Yongjin Zhang considers a meticulous effort to unwrap the riddle inside an Eastern enigma