Leader: A cloud of uncertainty over ABB
With so little hard data about, the decision on taking more places out of the numbers cap is tough. It might all come down to cost
Search
-
-
From Where I Sit - Cents and sensibility
Right outside Sather Gate at the University of California, Berkeley, student activists are canvassing and urging their fellow students to "Register and Vote!" I don't know for sure whether they are...
-
Odds and quads
One of the classic images of the frozen North, Sir Edwin Landseer's Man Proposes, God Disposes was first exhibited in 1864 and praised for its "tragic grandeur".
-
Appointments
Queen Mary, University of LondonTim BaleA newly appointed professor of politics at Queen Mary, University of London said it was a difficult decision to leave his post at the University of Sussex but...
-
It's a jungle out there
Joanna Sugden reports from New Delhi on the challenges facing Western institutions seeking to gain a foothold in India
-
25 October 2012
Steady nerves required - The tricky business of establishing a foreign outpost in India
-
Wealth of nations
Filled with treasures from around the globe and across the ages, England’s university museums are as varied as their funding, but those of Oxford and Cambridge still take the lion’s share of Hefce...
-
Gaining sympathy for Mr and Mrs Vengeance
Korean horror may draw Western attention for its brutality, but its focus on sacrifice and expiation is distinctive, says Daniel Martin
-
Cynthia Jones, 1950-2012
A lecturer who played a pivotal role in training teachers all the way from Kingston to Chile has died.Cynthia Jones was born on 26 October 1950 and educated at Greenhill County School in...
-
THE Scholarly Web
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
-
Campus round-up
Dundee/Cambridge/King'sThick-skinned causesAn international team of scientists has identified a gene that plays an important role in the skin disease punctate palmoplantar keratoderma, which causes...
-
Oxbridge, medical and veterinary applications go up for 2013
Applications to medical schools, veterinary courses and Oxbridge have increased by 2 per cent compared with last year.
-
Union condemns latest advert for 'honorary' position
The University and College Union has condemned the appearance of another advert for an "honorary" research position.
-
V-c resigns at Canterbury Christ Church
Robin Baker has resigned as vice-chancellor of Canterbury Christ Church University with immediate effect, the university has confirmed.
-
BIS cuts off loan funding to private college
The government has removed permission for private Guildhall College to access to the publicly-funded student loans system, after complaints from its students.