Non-native fluency
Brian Bloch suggests that "non-native speakers are generally unable to write an acceptable level of English for academic purposes" ("Trips and falls of the tongue", 21 October).Putting aside...
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In praise of praise
You quote a lecturer complaining because a mature student sent them notes saying how brilliant they were ("Diaries of doom, gloom and anger", 4 November). What planet are they are living on? The...
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Whistleblowers anonymous
Academic freedom is deemed by the Hunt report to be one of the strengths of higher education in the Republic of Ireland ("Bad news travels slow", 4 November). Why, then, did the Irish academics who...
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Novel ideas and life lessons
Narrowly vocational higher education stripped of the insights offered by the arts and humanities, particularly literature, does students in all disciplines a lasting disservice, says Roger Lister
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Leadership sans frontières
Is globalisation becoming a reality in the academy’s top ranks? It’s early days, but there are signs that the barriers are falling as universities look abroad to find the best captains. John Morgan...
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REF Pilot: humanities impact is evident and can be measured
Judy Simons declares that the cultural and societal benefits of the arts are transformative, calculable and must be advertised
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11 November 2010
Patterns of migration - The high-flying leaders who leave the nest in search of foreign challenges
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Thousands march as students and staff join forces against university cuts
Thousands of students and academics took to the streets of London on 10 November to protest about cuts to higher education funding and proposals to raise the tuition fee cap to £9,000.
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Are you having a laugh?
@Lord_Browne gained a following by poking fun at UK higher education’s upheavals. Now silenced by Twitter, he tells Sarah Cunnane about real universities, the trouble with students and how many...
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Students and academics to stage London march over funding cuts and fee rises
Thousands of students and lecturers will march through central London on 10 November in protest at government cuts to universities and colleges and a hike in tuition fees.
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Nottingham in talks to set up second campus in China
The University of Nottingham is in talks about creating a new campus in China – its second in the country and its third overseas campus.
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Inside Higher Ed: Tenured jobs saved
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Operation overload: community colleges told to do even more
Obama rallies Cinderella sector to unemployment battle. Jon Marcus reports from the White House
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An invaluable catalyst
The Royal Society Prize for Science Books stimulates public interest and is too important to be allowed to disappear, says Maggie Philbin
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Pathfinders: The Golden Age of Arabic Science
The Islamic renaissance laid the foundations for much modern thinking, writes Emilie Savage-Smith