THE podcast: 19-25 November 2015 issue review
This week's edition discussed by the Times Higher Education team

This week's edition discussed by the Times Higher Education team

Proposed Research UK would have similar powers to a v-c over university faculties

The proposed sale of London Metropolitan University’s Aldgate design school highlights some of the pros and cons of ‘one campus’ higher education institution, says Jack Grove

Merger ‘inappropriate’, but seven councils would be overseen by new chief executive

June Purvis responds to fellow academics’ criticisms of the film Suffragette

Capital expenditure rises by a quarter as universities aim to compete in marketised sector

Tim Blackman is keen to build on successes achieved in his predecessor’s two decades in charge

President of US campus also seeks to aid the local economy and forge global partnerships

A prominent academic activist has died

Universities UK meeting hopes to build further on existing initiatives
The multiple Paralympic gold medallist and now university chancellor reveals her excitement about graduation ceremonies and her sleeplessness over Daleks

Student mobility meant nearly £500 million of support funding flowed across borders in 2013-14

Researchers have employed a comedian to help them reach out to a wider public

‘Don’t claim you are changing the world if only four people are reading your article’, says new chair in public understanding of the humanities