David Frisby, 1944-2010
One of the leading sociologists of his generation has died.David Frisby was born in Sheffield on 26 March 1944, attended the local grammar school and went to work for the National Coal Board, which...

One of the leading sociologists of his generation has died.David Frisby was born in Sheffield on 26 March 1944, attended the local grammar school and went to work for the National Coal Board, which...
Labour's shadow science minister wants to see the sector rise in esteem by helping to rebalance the economy. Paul Jump reports
Throughout the debate on increasing university tuition fees, I have heard no mention of the hidden costs. Here are six of them:• One unplanned result of the increase is likely to be a significant...
I was a vice-chancellor for 20 years and regarded it as part of my brief to anticipate the next change in government policy and how to mitigate its effects on my university. In that I believe I was...
In The Idea of a University (1852), John Henry Newman reminded us of the danger of professional training in universities being absorbed by a narrow range of concerns. Building practical competence is...
After teaching in several schools, both in the UK and other developed countries, I moved into teacher training. My students were tutors who taught in fields as diverse as physics and policing.My...
David Willetts has announced that Aimhigher is to be abolished ("Black spots loom as Aimhigher shuts", 2 December). It isn't clear why this decision has been made, as the minister said he recognises...
John Field has proposed that Scottish academics should accept voluntary pay freezes to "help shore up the sector's finances" ("Seeking volunteers: scholars urged to take pay freeze to aid Scottish...
As a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, I was very disappointed to see Martin Griffiths, national coordinator for science journalism training at the Royal Statistical Society (RSS), excuse the...
Recently, in an effort to procrastinate my way around a pile of university administration, I wrote three theatre reviews. The first was of the National Theatre's current production of Hamlet (1,800...

A soaring enrolment rate and a driving ambition to compete globally characterise higher education in South Korea. But how is this all-consuming desire affecting society? asks John Morgan
Mill, Smith and Friedman: look away now. Coalition plans to marketise the academy are a corruption of laissez-faire ideology. Martin Cohen lambasts a liberal approach to 'liberalism'
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Doorway to the world - With a fervour for knowledge, South Korea aims to take its place on the global stage

By Dan Berrett for Inside Higher Ed