Hell on Earth: shock finding
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."That was the benign response of Professor B.D. Trott, the Head of our Department of Tourism, to reports that a new institute at the University of Central...

"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."That was the benign response of Professor B.D. Trott, the Head of our Department of Tourism, to reports that a new institute at the University of Central...

But publishers dismiss Willetts’ suggestion as not a ‘game changer’. Paul Jump reports
Vice-chancellors have to show that their rewards are appropriate and their outside positions (and earnings) are no distraction

Economic benefits are 'by-products' of teaching and research, says Sir Leszek. Elizabeth Gibney writes

Howard Davies on the People’s Republic’s gamble on Western education

Culture change is the focus of the Beacons' successors. Will it happen? asks Rachel Williams
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
• A former MI6 man has become the UK's oldest recorded graduate after gaining his third degree at the age of 90, The Independent reported. Bertie Gladwin took a master's in intelligence history at...
It was inevitable that social scientists would devise what they call "indices of human happiness". These indices ask us to think about the well-being of nations not in terms of economic output, but...

These signed drawings of pigs, many of them dated between 1903 and 1910, are held in the archives of the Royal Northern College of Music.
Kingston UniversityAudley GenusThe new YTL professor of innovation and technology management at Kingston University Business School believes that there needs to be more understanding of the "...
From Thoreau’s pond and Hawthorne’s gables to Hardy’s study and the Brontës’ moors: Dale Salwak draws on his own literary pilgrimages to open students’ eyes to the sense of place underpinning great...

Using words to reflect and create our experience of landscapes, and vice versa, is a powerful ruse. Leo Mellor admires the view

Do vice-chancellors have too many plates in the air? ߣߣÊÓÆµ's annual survey of pay in the academy looks at the additional roles the sector's leaders take on. In an era of pay...
Top graduates need to be able to compete in the global economy, so we are pleased that the government has recognised the importance of international study for all students, including those not...