Milburn criticises employers over elite recruitment
Barriers to entering many professions are being reinforced by employers who recruit from a small cohort of socially exclusive universities, according to the government’s independent reviewer of...
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Campus Review: ߣߣƵn science healthy but vulnerable, says chief scientist
Agricultural sciences, physics, mathematics and chemistry have been identified as “vulnerable” by ߣߣƵ’s chief scientist.
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Chancellors write to PM over international students
Dozens of university chancellors and heads of governing councils have written to the prime minister backing calls for international students to be removed from net migration statistics.
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Greenwich greenest in environment table
The University of Greenwich has topped the People and Planet Green League 2012, up from joint fifth place last year.
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Inside Higher Ed: Romney reveals higher education plans
By Libby A. Nelson for Inside Higher Ed
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Late bloomer takes place among HEA winners
An academic who left school at 15 is one of the winners of the Higher Education Academy’s doctoral programme awards.
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UWE staff mull walkout over workloads
Staff at the University of the West of England are considering strike action in a dispute over their workloads.
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UCL and Imperial partner with Intel to create research institute
Imperial College London, University College London and the computer firm Intel have launched a research institute they hope will help to shape the way cities work in the future.
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Student Loans Company chief to stand down
Ed Lester, the Student Loans Company’s chief executive – whose tax arrangements sparked a public outcry – is to step down, it has been announced.
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Unions set to reject final pay offer
Unions have expressed their disappointment after universities tabled a final pay offer for next year of 1 per cent.
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Willetts to make funding announcements in industrial strategy speech
The results of a new method of distributing money for bioscience institutes based on their contribution to strategic programmes and national capacity have been announced by the government.
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Consumption and Its Consequences
Hedonism and selfish materialism are noticeably absent from the shopping list, says Eric J. Arnould
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The Creation of Inequality: How Our Prehistoric Ancestors Set the Stage for Monarchy, Slavery, and Empire
Egalitarianism is hard to find if you pass over anthropology for archaeology, argues Chris Knight
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The Challenge: Britain Against America in the Naval War of 1812
Many Britons may not be aware that the bicentennial of the War of 1812 will commence in June. Before anyone thinks of Napoleon's ill-fated Russian campaign, the War of 1812 referred to here was a...
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A House Divided: American Art since 1955
How do artists go public? How is their work critically received? And how might they contribute to its reception, from writing public statements to publishing private memoirs, staging publicity...