Energy boost
Tony Owen is to lead University College London's first outpost Down Under - an institution that might help save our world
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Appointments
The London School of Economics has appointed Thandika Mkandawire to a new chair in African development. Professor Mkandawire is currently director of the United Nations Research Institute for Social...
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AUA Conference: V-c casts doubt on humanities funding
Reluctance to engage with Government's practical agenda could prove costly. John Gill reports
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AUA Conference: AUA finds that going forward, we should take the jargon offline
The absurdities of the jargon and "management-speak" in higher education were exposed in a light-hearted session at the Association of University Administrators (AUA) annual conference.Words such as...
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AUA Conference: REF will not concentrate research cash, says Hefce
Senior official rejects claim that RAE successor's use of metrics will benefit elite, writes John Gill
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Labs face crisis due to shortage of technicians
Warnings a decade ago about the impact of cutbacks went unheeded, writes Hannah Fearn
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Original features
The Chapel of St Salvator at the University of St Andrews is a superb example of Scottish Gothic architecture. It was built in 1450 as part of Bishop James Kennedy's College of the Holy Saviour....
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Mass is not critical - 1994 Group members have edge in innovation
President-elect discusses creative spark, a future for soft sciences and other challenges with Zoë Corbyn
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Russian hawk ascends to position of influence
Fears as right-wing critic of West takes top job at Moscow State centre. Melanie Newman reports
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Hardcore porn film at the eye of free speech storm
Students at the University of Maryland, Baltimore defied efforts by state legislators to stop them showing a pornographic film, claiming that the intrusion represented an attack on academic freedom....
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Overseas briefing
IndiaForeign institutions might get inForeign universities may be allowed to set up shop in India if proposals made by a committee considering curriculum reform are heeded. The committee, led by Yash...
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A more equal relationship
Tanya Ovenden-Hope welcomes the Leitch report's model for higher education provision in further education colleges
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It's horses for courses when you want a real sense of track record
Peer review is no more or less subjective than metrics in measuring research quality. We abandon it at our peril, says Claire Donovan
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These directions map out a one-way road into service, not open inquiry
The AHRC is so aligned with the government agenda of impact and knowledge transfer that it betrays its very raison d'etre, Peter Barry argues
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