Middlesex denies fraud cover-up
'Concerned stakeholders' question official silence over sacking of finance officer. John Morgan writes
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Beyond the boundaries
Institutions will not get the best employees if limits regarding language or nationality are imposed, argues Ryszard Piotrowicz
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Top chemists of the past decade
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) have proclaimed this to be the International Year of...
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Mordecai's mordant vision
The film of Barney's Version is bringing the satiric worldview of Canada's literary lion to a new audience, writes Norman Ravvin
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Diary
LondonInside ArtForty-eight works created by young men detained at Feltham Young Offenders Institution - paintings, prints, sculptures, drawings and collages - have been put on display in the...
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The Pick - Susan Hiller
Credit: Tate Photography/Sam DrakeSusan HillerTate Britain, London, until 15 MaySusan Hiller was born in the US in 1940 and started life as an anthropologist. From the Freud Museum (1991-96), one of...
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We relish 'dog's breakfast': shock claim
Our thrusting Director of Corporate Affairs, Jamie Targett, has responded in positive terms to the recent assertion by John Denham, the former universities minister, that the present government's...
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Gee up the global vision
Higher education is still far from borderless, argues Malcolm Gillies
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Leader: Drop the guessing games
The process of applying for a university place is long past its use-by date. It's time for post-qualifications applications
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Research intelligence - Acid test: clearly label a successful formula
Royal Society of Chemistry head tells Paul Jump about the discipline's fight to raise its profile
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Off Piste - Naval gazing
Stuart Anderson, whose love of ships launched early and never foundered, still delights in combining work travel with visits to historic vessels globally
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The Week in Higher Education
Ever read a quote and felt a sense of déjà vu? On 2 February, the University and College Union's general secretary, Sally Hunt, said the latest cuts to be outlined were "yet another slap in the face...
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From where I sit - Everyone wins in this free-for-all
The term open educational resources (OER) encapsulates the simple but powerful idea that the world's knowledge is a public good. The internet offers unprecedented opportunities to share, use and...
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A.W. Brian Simpson, 1931-2011
A.W. Brian Simpson has been variously described by his students as "hysterical", "remarkably in touch" and "so awesome my soul bleeds when I think about him".He was a noted academic lawyer who...
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Single-campus signal of global intent
Positing that offshore university campuses are core to internationalisation misses a key point ("Branching out", 3 February). Individual institutional missions dictate their globalisation tactics....