Russell Group split - shock claim
Our vice-chancellor claims to have "inside knowledge" on the rumour that some Russell Group members considered breaking away and forming their own super-elite subgroup after the original group was...
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Leader: Fast food does not nourish
As universities rush to provide value for money, something more precious - the time to think and digest ideas - could be lost
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Research intelligence - Biologist finds way through Brussels maze
Europe's first chief scientific adviser aims to inform policymakers and the public. Paul Jump reports
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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US debate heats up: just the job, or skills for life?
Technology posts go unfilled as academy restates the value of liberal arts degrees. Jon Marcus writes
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The week in higher education
The University of Aberdeen ducked any further accusations of promoting "quackery" by deciding against establishing a chair in a form of alternative medicine that advocates mistletoe as a cure for...
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From where I sit - Set course for deception
Scandals are hardly in short supply here, but the public and media were still shocked by the revelations that emerged during the national Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing...
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Odds and quads
These items form part of remarkable treasure trove found in the brickwork of an old fireplace last month when two maintenance workers were repairing the Brigham Hall dormitory at Mount Holyoke...
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Appointments
De Montfort UniversityJayne BrownA nurse who has dedicated her professional life to improving the care of older people and those with serious illnesses has been appointed professor in palliative care...
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The decline of the American university
Tom Palaima muses on the Greek ideal of reflective learning, his immigrant grandparents’ dreams of a better life, the GI Bill’s impact on America and the price of allowing universities - once places...
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Beyond the headlines
Affordability underpins the bad press about London Met, says Malcolm Gillies
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The English Prize: The Capture of the Westmorland, an Episode of the Grand Tour
The Ashmolean’s new show recreates the artistic journey of an 18th-century Grand Tour. Daniel Carey enjoys the ride
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Ripping yarns
Like it or not, impact is a fact of research life. Paul Manners suggests that many scholars do like it, and with good reason: portraying the dialectic between academic work and the wider world is...
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Salford plan to cut Italian: ma cosa fate?
Everyone connected with Italian studies has been dismayed to learn that the University of Salford seems intent on phasing out the discipline there over the next three years.The proposal occurs at a...
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Narrow oversight
In its consultation on the development of a "risk-based" approach to quality assurance, the Higher Education Funding Council for England asserts that the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 "...