WILLIAM LATHAM Professor of computer games and entertainment, Goldsmith As an art student, William Latham went through every style of art. "I reached the conclusion that modern art has pretty much...
American faculty are increasingly expected to refresh their teaching skills and to do their share of lecturing. Jon Marcus reports It's three days after graduation, and the students have gone from...
Middle East gets super-size campus The King of Saudi Arabia is opening a new graduate university in the Middle Eastern state. The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology is thought to have...
British museums fail to acknowledge the true history of artefacts looted from abroad, says Haim Bresheeth In the Indian galleries of the Victoria and Albert Museum resides that finest of oddities -...
whose performance at university doesn't match their school records';Opinion US-style SAT testing may prove a better predictor of suitability for university than A levels Summertime - great, even with...
Not every member of staff has accepted Birmingham University's invitation to help decide on the type of vice-chancellor they would like to see in place in 2009. One sent the following message to the...
James Brown, a former soldier, has just graduated from St Andrews University with an honours degree in history - aged 71. "I came to St Andrews to study because I wanted to be part of a fraternity. I...
Lancashire University is doing its bit to combat global warming by closing a financial deal to build eco-residences for students that will include timber from sustainable forests, solar thermal...
And Tim Flannery of Macquarie University's Climate Risk Concentration of Research Excellence believes the impact of climate change is so great that he has launched an attack on one of the most sacred...
Institutions that abandon scholarly integrity to pursue commercial market interests will ultimately fail, argues Chris Lawton Working with business undoubtedly has many financial attractions for the...
Put part-time employment on the student curriculum, says Mantz York in a series on new ideas for higher education The part-time job has long helped undergraduates make ends meet. But such work could...
Well, that concludes the business for this year's Examinations Board. All that remains is to ask our external examiner for his comments on this year's papers. So that's over to you, Bill. Thanks a...
So what is higher education to make of Prime Minister Gordon Brown? The first and most positive thing to say is that over the past decade Mr Brown has proved himself, on many occasions, to be a...
It would be unfortunate if a website dedicated to soliciting comments from overseas students was known primarily for "naming and shaming". But the report to the British Council recommending that such...
Sir Ivor Crewe, vice-chancellor of Essex University, has been elected master of University College, Oxford University. Sir Ivor steps down as vice-chancellor in October this year and will take up his...