Pakistan's v-cs enjoy lessons even if not all are applicable
An international exchange scheme helps university leaders face their challenges. Hannah Fearn writes
Search
-
-
Exposed and vulnerable
The title could describe the feelings of overseas students in Australia and also the universities that enrol them. Phil Baty examines how violence against foreigners has put institutions' reliance on...
-
Private practice
BPP may have been awarded university college status, but the regulatory system will have to be drastically overhauled if for-profit higher education is to thrive in Britain, says Simon Baker
-
Grant Winners
TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY BOARDA total of 18 "green" projects are to receive more than £20 million in funding, of which the Technology Strategy Board will provide half, to aid development for new or...
-
Cultural, media and gender studies round-up
Understanding Cultural GlobalizationAuthor: Paul HopperEdition: FirstPublisher: PolityPages: 240Price: £50.00 and £15.99ISBN 9780745635576 and 5583Hopper, reader in the School of Historical and...
-
Geography and Environmental Science round-up
Global Environmental PoliticsAuthors: Pamela S. Chasek, David L. Downie and Janet Welsh BrownEdition: FifthPublisher: Perseus/WestviewPages: 504Price: £25.99ISBN 9780813344423For nearly two decades,...
-
Published this week
?= Review forthcomingBIOLOGICAL SCIENCESDarwin Studies: A Theorist and his Theories in their ContextsBy M.J.S. Hodge, senior fellow in history and philosophy of science, University of LeedsAshgate, £...
-
Bath Spa University
• Adam Powell has been appointed to the new post of head of employability. He was formerly manager of artswork at the Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning in the creative industries, and...
-
Appointments
Three pro vice-chancellors have been appointed at the University of Cambridge. Jennifer Barnes, president of Murray Edwards College, takes on the role of pro vice-chancellor for international...
-
Overseas briefing
ChinaGraduates face scramble for jobsThe record number of students graduating from Chinese universities is likely to pose "severe challenges" to the job market, the country's Education Minister has...
-
Book of the week: Bottled and Sold
No filter: Mathew White on our readiness to swallow the hype that costs us the Earth
-
Image is everything, Lammy tells v-cs
Minister says that public's view of sector could determine funding levels, writes Melanie Newman
-
Tara Brabazon: When ‘excellence’ is not enough
Our desire, individually and collectively, to respect students, colleagues and universities is the best way to drive up teaching quality, says Tara Brabazon
-
Appointments
The deputy vice-chancellor of Kingston University has been appointed vice-chancellor of the University of Lincoln. Mary Stuart, who takes up the post in November, was previously pro vice-chancellor...
-
Mandelson’s mission to build knowledge and creativity
Setting out his stall as head of the new Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, government First Secretary Lord Mandelson answers a series of written questions put to him by Times Higher...