Medicine round-up
Oxford Cases in Medicine and Surgery: Guiding you Through DiagnosisAuthors: Hugo Farne, Edward Norris-Cervetto and James Warbrick-SmithEdition: FirstPublisher: Oxford University PressPages: 592Price...
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Politics and international relations round-up
Global PoliticsAuthor: Andrew HeywoodEdition: FirstPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanPages: 584Price: £29.99ISBN 9781403989826Heywood, a renowned scholar and author of several acclaimed textbooks, here...
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You mean Offa is toothless? The reason for policy chaos
Ministers' muddle caused by belief that access chief could 'impose' fees, Rebecca Attwood writes
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Cuts endanger Anglo-American supremacy
UK universities could be eclipsed by those in emerging economies such as China and instead become more aligned with their middle-ranking counterparts in continental Europe if public funding continues...
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No hard Left ahead, declares departing Porter
The "hard Left" has little chance of gaining control of the National Union of Students and support for its "fetishism" with street protests and occupations is already dwindling, the outgoing...
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Balancing budgets is hard when funders won't go all the way
EUA report finds co-funding just one of the threats to financial sustainability. Paul Jump reports
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Legal profession frets about diversity and oversupply
Senior lawyers have voiced fears that the coming rises in tuition fees could harm the quality and diversity of their profession and have called for limits on the number of trainee barristers.
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No limits: time to ignore Hefce?
Minutes show that UCL board mooted flouting cap on numbers to fill budget gap, writes Simon Baker
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Ucas' day job to get all fees online
But service is forced to scrap printed guide due to uncertainty over reforms, writes Rebecca Attwood
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£9K fees ‘difficult to defend’, says Willetts
Students being forgotten in rush to top of cap, David Willetts claims. John Morgan reports
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Sun sets on Western dominance as East Asian Confucian model takes lead
The US approach to higher education is no longer the world leader as the "Confucian model" has put East Asia's universities at the cutting edge.This was the argument set out by Simon Marginson,...
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Stressed lecturer - or satisfied schoolteacher?
Talent-spotting college master promises research time and keen students. Sarah Cunnane reports
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News in Brief
Research misconductUEL to investigate lecturerThe University of East London has confirmed that it is formally investigating one of its academics after more allegations of research misconduct against...
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Time to spread their wings
To keep up with the global sector's rising stars, the UK must encourage its young to study abroad, says Martin Davidson
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Urgently required: a White Paper to carry out the Browne vision
We must move beyond partisanship and seize the chance to make our higher education system truly sustainable, David Eastwood contends