Sublime sights to behold
Only a Promise of Happiness - Vanities of the Eye
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A flawed model of production
The Making of an Economist Redux
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Isn’t it iconic? Maybe not…
Ads to Icons
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A particularly rich theoretical vein
An Engine, Not a Camera: How Financial Models Shape Markets
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What are the chances of that?
The Black Swan
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First Impressions
This week’s competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a work by an autodidact, polyglot and accomplished musician: “You must and will suppose (fair or foul...
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The £80bn question
Can universities equip 21st-century workers with critical thinking and industry-specific skills? Success will bring huge rewards but the challenges are great, says Chloe Stothart In December 2006,...
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Latitude to develop along the meridian
Greenwich tailored a new engineering course and resurrected an old one with a collaborative hand from industry Greenwich University has a good record of working with employers to design courses that...
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Collaboration for a successful delivery
An NHS trust led the development of a foundation degree that helps local women into a new healthcare role Working with employers can help crack one of the sector’s most intractable problems —...
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Talking their way into a job in Malaysia
One IT institute’s dialogue with industry helps guarantee work for its graduates In a business park in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, employers are beating down the door of a university to get their hands...
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Ready for the future?
If universities are going to grab a slice of the £5bn employer training budget, radical changes are needed — culturally and structurally It has been dubbed the "greatest challenge facing businesses...
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Partners in progress
Microsoft is helping institutions tailor programmes for business needs, but it has no desire to dictate content or see universities become training providers The information technology giant...
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Microsoft supplement
 Microsoft supplement Published in The Times Higher on June 22 2007  The £80bn question  Can universities equip 21st-century workers with critical thinking and industry-specific skills? Success...
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Terrorism studies surge
Attacks on London and New York have driven growth in a once marginal subject. Rebecca Attwood reports Terrorism is big business for UK universities, with levels of research and teaching in the area...
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Corks pop as support staff are honoured
A university security chief is among the dozens of higher education employees featured in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Bernadette Duncan, head of security at City University, London, was appointed...