Access drive could hamper India's push for excellence
Indians may find it hard to widen participation and build world-class institutions, writes John Gill
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UK-led European bloc could outpace US, says Floud
A Europe-wide higher education system with Britain at the helm has the potential to be stronger than that of the US, a senior academic has argued.Sir Roderick Floud, dean of the School of Advanced...
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Painting between the lines
To understand Rothko, one must cross boundaries. We should force students to do the same, says Mary Evans
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Britain's challenges can be developed into Europe's strengths
The UK has the opportunity to make dynamic changes to European higher education if only it would make the effort, writes Anne Corbett
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'Turnaround' pays off for rising star Leicester
The University of Leicester has been crowned University of the Year at the 2008 ߣߣÊÓƵ Awards.The gala dinner in the Great Room of London's Grosvenor House Hotel was attended by more...
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Grants under threat as DIUS faces £100m cash shortfall
Whitehall blames a 'legacy problem' for the deficit. Zoe Corbyn and Melanie Newman report
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Ombudsman may name and shame
The student complaints body for England and Wales is to examine whether it should follow the example of its Scottish counterpart and publish its adjudications, naming the university involved.Rob...
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The week in higher education
The most famous physicist of his era, Stephen Hawking, is to retire as Lucasian professor of mathematics at the University of Cambridge. The 66-year-old will give up the title next year but will...
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Physics is too male and middle class, Wakeham says
University physics departments are not well positioned for the future because they are too similar, too narrowly focused and contain too many upper middle-class white men.That is the message from...
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Key RAE data will not be published by Hesa
Inability to reveal the proportion of staff excluded is a 'blow to credibility', writes Melanie Newman
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Union set to ignore institutions' pleas and press for above-inflation rise
Confrontation looks inevitable as UCU rejects more moderate demand. Melanie Newman reports
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Employers want to retain final-salary pensions
Most universities would prefer to see the retirement age raised to 67 or above if it means that academics continue to receive pensions linked to their final salaries, according to a survey.After...
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Deech: contracts are too much an exercise of power
Student contracts inject "too much legalism and too little trust" into the relationship between students and universities, according to the former head of the student complaints body.Baroness Deech,...
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Access anxiety driven by 'classism', says v-c
Behind worry about standards is fear of 'have-nots', argues Newcastle head. Melanie Newman writes
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Perceptions of arrogance hurt UK in global market, expert warns
We only want to 'strip out students and give nothing back', conference hears. John Gill reports