'Hide thy life': the key to Shakespeare
The many scholars attracted by the mystery of the Bard's life have overlooked a vital Greek link, says Jonathan Bate
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6 August 2009
Chasing the prize catch - Fundraisers close in on big-game givers
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Scottish student race to take places
High number of early acceptances could spell trouble for universities. Hannah Fearn writes
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UK-wide consultation on CAM regulation is launched
Critics say statutory rules would give the subjects unwarranted legitimacy. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Apollo completes BPP takeover
Giant US for-profit university provider establishes foothold in UK. Hannah Fearn reports
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Wolverhampton to cut up to 250 jobs
Data inaccuracies push institution’s debt to more than £8 million. Melanie Newman reports
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IUSS reaction: ‘Quality control’ is the problem, not the solution
More of the same won’t allow us to reform the British system effectively, writes Florian Bieber
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Beef up QAA to police sector, say MPs
‘Defensive complacency’ over standards requires monitoring by independent agency that can remove degree-awarding powers, says select committee report. Hannah Fearn writes
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IUSS reaction: Right questions, wrong answer
QAA chief Peter Williams gives his verdict on the IUSS report
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MPs single out whistleblower case for scrutiny
Select committee says treatment of Manchester Met lecturer warranted specific coverage. Hannah Fearn reports
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Tara Brabazon: The hare or the tortoise?
We live in a society where speed of communication rules, but Tara Brabazon asks if fast is necessarily better, particularly when it comes to learning
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Susan Price to take the reins at Leeds Met
UEL’s acting v-c will assume the role next January. Melanie Newman reports
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Book of the week: In Search of Civilization
Fred Inglis admires the ambition more than the paean to advertising
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Higher Education in the United Kingdom since 1945
Telling the history of higher education in one volume is a tall order, says Geoffrey Alderman
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War: A Short History
Jeremy Black is a realist. He foresees no Utopian end to human history. In this brief book, he aims to re-examine war, a dominant and continuing force in the modern world, "by providing a short...