Film review: The Housemaid
An unbelievable, unerotic thriller may still appeal to viewers' sense of silliness, concludes Duncan Wu
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TV review: Dispatches: Britain's Secret Fat Cats
Gary Day asks what is meant by the Big Society when the government seems intent on dismantling it
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Campus round-up
IoE/East London/SheffieldImagination still alive and wellComputer games, pop music and television are enriching rather than destroying the imaginative games that children play, according to a study....
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Odds and quads
This sculpture of a kangaroo, located incongruously near the entrance of the library at Stockholm University, is the work of Torsten Renqvist (1924-2007).
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Drag and drop to create a top-scoring 'dream team'
A new tool allows managers to assess and build on research groups’ performance. Paul Jump reports
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24 March 2011
Heads up - Vice-chancellors’ education and pay revealed
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Budget 2011: Osborne’s bank raid benefits science
A £100 million cash injection for four research campuses has been announced in today’s Budget.
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New body mooted to take reins of Welsh academy
The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales could be scrapped and replaced by a new body holding full powers to govern Welsh universities under proposals welcomed by Leighton Andrews, Wales’...
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Tara Brabazon: Expectations should be high – for academics as well as students
Through all the talk of learning outcomes, summative and formative assessment, quality assurance and global rankings, a silent fear hangs in the air of lecture theatres, tutorial rooms and...
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Home secretary unveils visa changes
Controversial measures to restrict student visas have been announced by the government.
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Scottish students propose ways to close funding gap
Students in Scotland have proposed measures to address a potential funding gap between Scottish and English universities. By James Titcomb
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Inside Higher Ed: MIT again reviews status of women
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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London Met aims low on fees
London Metropolitan University is to charge under £6,000 a year for many courses in 2012, bucking the trend set by other institutions that have rushed to charge £9,000 a year.
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UK universities attract more donors despite reduced income in 2009-10
Charitable income to higher education has dropped as the full effects of the economic downturn on university fundraising become clear.