A report advising UK and US universities to work together to retain their international primacy has been criticised for its imperialistic overtones.The report, Higher Education and Collaboration in a...
Nine months of evidence-gathering came to this: on 2 August, the IUSS Committee published its state-of-the-sector analysis of higher education. ߣߣÊÓƵ staff report on its findings
Business need for highly skilled workers slows as student numbers grow. Melanie Newman writes
Student midwives are being bullied by lecturers, tutors and senior midwives, according to new research.A five-year study carried out by researchers at the University of Ulster and Trinity College...
Economic recovery'Fresh thinking' panel set upLord Mandelson has set up an advisory panel to examine links between economic recovery, skills and higher education. The New Industry, New Jobs,...
Pair say idolisation of 'unfettered male reason' drives critics of 'therapy culture'. Melanie Newman reports
Mistrust of 'business' is misplaced: treated with respect, it can help to create knowledge, explains David Docherty
David Gauntlett says the AHRC needs to put its researchers back on the field and stop positioning them as mere spectators of culture
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In a surprise move, our Head of Personal Development, Jennifer Doubleday, has leapt to the defence of the beleaguered Quality Assurance Agency."I'm sure that Mr Phil Willis is a nice man," she told...
The widely held assumption that university councils must have a majority of external members is incorrect, writes Nicholas Bamforth
Let's stop panicking and let the swine flu experts do their job, says Kevin Fong
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
That v-cs cannot admit to even understanding MPs' worries about quality and consistency bodes ill for the UK's reputation
In our household, which is made up of one journalist and one journalist-turned-academic, we have been saying for months: "Wait until the fallout from universities' failed investments is made public."...