Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous, by Gabriella Coleman
Paul Bernal finds much to admire in this compelling examination of the diverse events the group has been involved in

Paul Bernal finds much to admire in this compelling examination of the diverse events the group has been involved in

Students’ union objects to change that will make thousands ineligible for extra weeks of support via ‘long courses loans’

Plan to force overseas students to leave the UK after graduation appears to have been blocked by George Osborne

Middlesex University has announced that Michael Driscoll is to retire as vice-chancellor, to be replaced by The Open University’s Tim Blackman

University teacher training students will be asked not to take part in this year’s National Student Survey after the government withdrew funding

Raising tuition fees to £9,000 has not helped drive improvements in teaching despite the government’s insistence it would improve standards

By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed

James Dyson has become the latest to criticise plans mooted by home secretary Theresa May’s to send overseas graduates home after their course

The vice-chancellor of Glyndwr University has suddenly left the troubled institution

Philip Cowley and Robert Ford describe a step change in their discipline’s engagement with the electorate

The comedy of Borat and Ali G creator Sacha Baron Cohen is to be the subject of an in-depth study by university scholars

PhD holders may not be securing a job as easily as some governments believe

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Funding to increase teacher training places at Scottish universities by more than 8 per cent has been announced by the Holyrood government

Anglo-Saxons did not use the four-letter profanities we credit them with, says Kate Wiles