Academic freedom study to look at protection across Europe and Africa
Lincoln researchers asking staff across the continents to take part
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Overseas students’ health surcharge is ‘full of loopholes’
A new “health surcharge” levied on international students from next month is “an election stunt full of loopholes”, a legal expert has claimed.
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UUK president Chris Snowden to be next Southampton v-c
Universities UK president Sir Christopher Snowden has been appointed the next vice-chancellor of the University of Southampton.
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Venki Ramakrishnan to be next president of Royal Society
Nobel laureate Sir Venkatraman (Venki) Ramakrishnan has been unveiled as president elect of the Royal Society, following a ballot of fellows.
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Keele University promotes deputy v-c to top job
Keele University will promote its deputy vice-chancellor, Trevor McMillan, to become its next leader.
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USS consultation website ‘does not allow comments’
Academics complain after ‘technical difficulties’ delay responses and modelling tool
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15 pictures of amazing science
National science photography contest showcases pictures of remarkable projects
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Ucas applicants ‘welcome influence of overseas students’
University applicants welcome the presence of international students on campus and believe they will improve learning experiences, a survey suggests.
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THE podcast: Bethany Coates interview
Download the podcastStanford University’s graduate business school is launching a UK-based teaching programme for the first time.Bethany Coates, assistant dean for global innovations programs, talks...
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Silence Was Salvation: Child Survivors of Stalin’s Terror and World War II in the Soviet Union, by Cathy A. Frierson
Hester Vaizey is impressed by a collection of interviews with young victims of the purges
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Rethinking the Law School: Education, Research, Outreach and Governance, by Carel Stolker
Is legal training fit for purpose? A global study asks all the right questions, says Caroline Hunter
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Stalin’s World: Dictating Soviet Order, by Sarah Davies and James Harris
Robert Gellately on a study analysing the dictator’s perceptions
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Being German, Becoming Muslim: Race, Religion, and Conversion in the New Europe, by Esra Özyürek
Ursula King on a profile of the many faces of Islam in one country
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The Third Reich in History and Memory, by Richard J. Evans
An eminent scholar’s sure-footed essays serve to take the temperature of the field, says Neil Gregor
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How a German university lost its chairs
Protracted battle to retrieve a computer centre’s seats for the elderly and handicapped at Bremen says much about the bureaucratic mindset