For discontented Lib Dems, Tories offer the right home
Analysis shows that defectors find happiness with Conservatives, not Labour. Simon Baker reports
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Scholars chip in with a defence of freedom
Academics at the University of Cambridge have been praised for their staunch defence of academic freedom after research on bank-card security was criticised by an industry group.Melanie Johnson,...
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Headless maybe, but not mindless
A lecturer and his work have a starring role in a very novel thriller. Paul Jump gets the backstory
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News in brief
Freedom of InformationJisc plots a way through the jungleResearchers are being offered new advice on how to handle Freedom of Information requests for data. The Joint Information Systems Committee,...
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Campus round-up
Royal Holloway, University of LondonWarm spots in the big chillResearchers may have come a step closer to understanding how life on Earth survived between 600 and 700 million years ago when the...
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An academic angle on issues in a periodical for the people
Online magazine aims to bridge gap between journals and journalism. Matthew Reisz writes
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College without leaving high school: a radical vision for higher delivery
Simon Baker hears a headteacher's plans to offer degree courses from her rural secondary school
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In Hong Kong, global aims need state aid
Report says the city's institutions require help to assert international strength. John Morgan writes
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Study shows XX factor effect on hiring committees
Including women on selection committees for senior professorial posts improves female candidates' chances of success, a study of academic appointments at Spanish universities has found.Selections for...
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News in brief
United StatesRepublican ire at for-profit reportRepublican congressmen have questioned a US government report that exposed recruiting fraud at for-profit higher education institutions. Darrell Issa...
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Blogconfidential: Behind closed doors
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Behind closed doors
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Appointments
University of LeicesterVincenzo DenicolòAn Italian economist has joined the University of Leicester as a professor of economics. Vincenzo Denicolo studied at the University of Bologna and the...
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The elephant in the scheme
Stephen Cowley and Susan Cooper hope employers do not see pension reform solely as a cost-cutting opportunity
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A chance to break free of administrative and regulatory tyranny
The new funding regime may allow universities, led by a British 'Ivy League', to refocus on their missions, argues Peter Oppenheimer
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Blow away the confusion
Amid chill budgetary winds, institutions and students need clarity from the government about access and fees, Paul Marshall argues