'Academy' untoward
Am I the only long-time reader of ߣߣÊÓƵ who finds the use of "the academy" to mean universities or the higher education system irritating? It is difficult to believe that it is so...
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Undivided attention
I was most surprised to read that in the UK, the American Civil War "is not at the centre of a single undergraduate course" ("Blues and Greys in the UK", 28 October). As it happens, my second-year...
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Making the A level work a little harder
The government wants a return to the past, with more input into the exam process by universities. Rebecca Attwood probes whether the move is welcomed or seen as more ministerial meddling
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Bad news travels slow
Delays to a report on the future of Irish higher education have fuelled unease over its proposals. Having seen a draft of the recommendations, Hannah Fearn gets the academy's verdict
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My Dan Brown moment
The impact agenda came roaring to unruly life for a self-confessed shy bookworm when his work on Plato's 'musical code' drew the attention of the international media. Jay Kennedy tells the tale
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4 November 2010
A-level design - Should universities be entrusted with refurbishing and maintaining the qualification?
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Two-tier fees structure adopted as coalition goes beyond Browne on interest rates
Universities will be able to charge tuition fees of up to £9,000 and higher-earning graduates will face interest rates on their loans of 3 per cent above inflation under proposals unveiled today.
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US elections: tighter budgets for higher education
By Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed
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Tara Brabazon: Trade routes of the mind
Harold Innis was a professor at the same institution for decades – but while he remained steadfastly local and empirical, he probed the expansive variables of space and time. Tara Brabazon reveres...
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Major campaign aims to put King’s among the fundraising elite
King’s College London today launched the largest fundraising campaign of any UK university bar Oxbridge.
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Inside Higher Ed: Answering an uninvited preacher
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Downturn hits graduate employment
Graduate unemployment is at its highest level in 17 years, according to figures released today.
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South America is ready to tango with its academic partners
Bank breaks the ice as insular universities look abroad for collaboration. Paul Jump reports
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The Art of Hearing: English Preachers and their Audiences, 1590-1640
"Sermon" is a word with an image problem. But then so is "lecture". During the week, I'm a lecturer; on Sundays I morph into an Anglican lay preacher. For a while, in both jobs I held the title of...
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The Canon: Howard Hawks by Robin Wood
No book in the entire field of film studies has had a greater impact on me than this one. Robin Wood's passionate and insightful analysis is the best possible companion to the films of the great...