The week in higher education - 1 May 2014
Eighteen men who were paid less than their female colleagues have won an equal pay claim against the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, the BBC News website reported on 23 April. The caretakers...
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Hull gives Scarborough campus the cold shoulder
University set to close seaside town’s ‘unsustainable’ degree programmes
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Huge rise in graduate start-ups
The number of graduate start-up companies has increased by 68% since 2008-09, data released by HESA show
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Campus close-up: Portsmouth University
Portsmouth’s v-c wants to bolster postgraduate provision and to apply research strengths to stretch students
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Proposed data changes ‘threaten’ EU research
The European University Association warns restrictions could cause continent’s scientists to fall behind global rivals
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Student engagement, the latest buzzword
Graham Gibbs asks what the term really means, and whether it is likely to help improve learning
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Glasgow Caledonian seeks to fill capital position
University is scouting for a new dean to be academic lead at its London campus. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments
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HEA must return to roots to survive budget cuts
The Higher Education Academy must regain sight of its original priorities and reconnect with its members, says Sally Brown
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Meetings: counting the minutes
Hate meetings? You need them more than you think, says Sally Feldman
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Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK, British Library
Words and pictures combine to tackle controversial issues in this edgy art form, says Will Brooker
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Daniel Binney, John Gilbey, Richard Larschan, Jessica Meacham and Sara Read...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Research output higher among postdocs in universities
Plos One study also reveals that parenthood has little impact on publishing productivity
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England sees biggest fall in part-time study entrants
Damaging policies helps explain country’s standing among devolved nations
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UK scholar and Zimbabwean playwright join forces in risky drama
Lovers in Time, directed by Agnieszka Piotrowska, is being shown at Harare International Festival of the Arts
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Moocs and fiscal clouds make Sunshine State shiver
Alan Ruby asks academics at Florida State College at Jacksonville what they have to offer that an online course does not