Six months' hard labour for Hughes
Lib Dem deputy must move quickly in access role, say senior sector figures. Rebecca Attwood reports
Lib Dem deputy must move quickly in access role, say senior sector figures. Rebecca Attwood reports

These cans are part of the brewing collection in the University of Glasgow’s Scottish Business Archive.
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Freedom of speech is passionately defended in UK education, but when Islamic extremism and even terrorism have emanated from some of our campuses, should institutions step in? Matthew Reisz weighs up...
Aspiring and seasoned US journalists alike are looking to tech-savvy graduate schools to help them survive and thrive in a new multimedia environment. Jon Marcus reports
Duncan Wu enjoys the intensity and obsession in a portrayal of a ballerina losing touch with reality

Gary Day enjoys a feast of detective fiction over Christmas, made all too poignant by real events

Campus watchmen - How far should universities go in policing extremism?

The president of the National Union of Students has set out a series of issues that must be addressed by the government’s new advocate for access to education if the role is to be more than “window...
The number of people bidding for a university place in the UK for 2011-12 is up by 2.5 per cent, according to the latest figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service.

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
After 18, the government becomes very confused about education, says David Colquhoun
“I’m 25...I’m not here to party; I’m here to work.”This is how one student introduces himself to his tutors each semester at a private non-profit higher education institution in the US. He also...
Tim Wilson, who retires today as vice-chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire, has been knighted in the New Year Honours.

As its progenitors mature, popular culture is rising to the challenges of facing the inevitability of ageing, writes Tara Brabazon