We need a flagship to lead the humanities fleet to fighting fitness
A UK institute of advanced studies would enrich interdisciplinarity and raise the profile of key scholarly work, writes Kevin Sharpe
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Conflicting stories
Western approaches to learning can be alien to students from other cultures, who learn to a different 'script'. Thushari Welikala explains
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Ucea poll says the good life is on campus
Survey finds conditions are among best available, but UCU disagrees. Melanie Newman reports
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The Awards 2008 - Record numbers enter the race for recognition
A record number of institutions have submitted entries to the ߣߣÊÓƵ Awards, and now the countdown to the 2008 event begins in earnest.With more than 130 higher education institutions...
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The Week in Higher Education
- With Britain feeling the pinch of an economic slowdown, now may not be the best time to talk about raising tuition fees. The Government has promised a review next year, but Conor Ryan, former...
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Government rejects call for STFC chief to be sacked
DIUS to initiate an organisation review to learn from the budget crisis, Zoe Corbyn reports
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MPs insist funding cut decision lacks evidence
MPs have accused the Government of failing to base its policies on evidence after its decision to cut funding to students studying for second degrees.A report from the House of Commons Innovation,...
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'Performance management is a waste of time,' claims HR professor
Programme of investment in HR has not improved sector's effectiveness. Melanie Newman reports
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National Rankings in Neuroscience and Behaviour, 1998-2008
Data provided by Thomson Scientific from its Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 1998–29 February 2008
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Research of substance
Tara Brabazon on the cutting-edge centres that generated a new way of doing research
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Dealing with ‘grievances’ about dismissals
Since the introduction of the statutory dispute resolution procedures in 2004, employers have grappled with the question of when an employee complaint must be treated as a grievance, to comply with...
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Gloria Monday: A campus corner that is for ever medieval
The v-c’s glorious IT dreams always fail in reality, laments Gloria Monday as she reaches for her pen and paper
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'God is dead' - theology professor
In a shock interview with The Poppletonian, our long-serving Professor of Theology, Gordon Greenwich, has confessed that he is no longer able to believe in the existence of God.
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Enormous greedy babies
Spoon-fed students won't fend for themselves at university, says Tim Birkhead
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Off Piste: Fools! I will destroy you all!
Scientists in popular culture are inevitably mad, bad and dangerously keen on bubbling vials of ghastly liquids. Should this bother us? Yes, John Gilbey cackles fiendishly