New and noteworthy – 10 December 2015
From Lehman Brothers to La Leche League via disaster capitalism and 'the new retirement': new academic books worth adding to your reading list
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Three-quarters of students would pay higher tuition fees for guaranteed job
Students willing to pay at least £1,700 more on average for better employability, suggests survey
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QAA chief: end of current system could risk ‘Volkswagen-style’ crisis
Move would jeopardise sector’s global brand, senior figures warn
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Teach all computing students about cybersecurity, universities told
Teaching criteria updated in response to government and industry demands
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If teaching needs fixing, is TEF the right tool for the job?
Giving evidence to a BIS committee inquiry on assessing the quality of higher education provoked questions about how teaching might be measured, writes John Gill
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Aberdeen first UK university to open campus in South Korea
The University of Aberdeen is set to become the first UK higher education institution to open a campus in South Korea
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Tekes strategy focus in the European thematic landscape
Brussels, 03 May 2005 The Finnish National Technology Agency, Tekes, is organising a seminar on the next EU framework programme for research, to be held in Brussels, Belgium, on 31 May. The seminar,...
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Hungary moves to boost its higher education standing
New plans focus on putting Hungarian higher education on solid international foundations
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The Slave’s Cause: A History of Abolition, by Manisha Sinha
Book of the week: Blacks were key agents in the international battle against slavery, Olivette Otele writes
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New faces take a seat at extended top table
Wider reach is good news for the BRIC nations and other developing economies. Ellie Bothwell reports
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Vince Cable: Tories admit their overseas student policy ‘damages UK’
Former business secretary’s book says PM cannot move Theresa May ‘an inch’ and reveals Lib Dems had plan to protect higher education and science budgets under new coalition
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International students 'oversimplify ethical dilemmas'
Training needs to recognise US and overseas students’ different approaches to decision-making, study concludes
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Interview with Catherine Dousteyssier-Khoze
We talk to the French academic and novelist about her ambitions in nuclear physics and REF fatigue
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Could hydrogen lead to a third industrial revolution?
Brussels, 05 Oct 2006 Hydrogen has frequently been touted as a realistic solution to the world's energy quandary, providing clean, limitless energy at a time when climate change and diminishing...
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What does 2016 have in store for higher education?
Our bloggers and social media followers gaze into their crystal balls and predict what the year in HE might look like