Closure is no balm for Open University staff
I am one of the people affected by the closure of The Open University’s East Grinstead regional centre (“OU staff express anger over centre closureâ€, 19 June).A university spokesman cited the “...
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News in brief - 26 June 2014
Course league table proposalRankings that are just the jobAn adviser to David Cameron has urged the government to rank universities’ courses based on their graduates’ employment rates and earnings. A...
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The week in higher education - 26 June 2014
The president of the Oxford Union will face no further action from police after he was arrested on suspicion of raping a fellow student and attacking another, The Daily Telegraph reported on 19 June...
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Tales of continental drift
The globalised academy offers ambitious scholars a plethora of opportunities, yet expat life is nothing if not unpredictable
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Turing party?
In what he described as “a major research breakthroughâ€, our Head of Computer Science, Professor L. E. D. Scart, has raised serious doubts about our vice-chancellor.Professor Scart told our reporter...
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Daniel Binney, George McKay, Roger Morgan, Vanessa Pupavac and Sharon Wheeler...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Ireland and the Irish in Interwar England, by Mo Moulton
Niamh Gallagher relishes a stimulating and valuable study of a neglected period of history
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Just Freedom: A Moral Compass for a Complex World, by Philip Pettit
John Shand on a philosopher’s idea of freedom as non-domination
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Ruling Russia: Authoritarianism from the Revolution to Putin, by William Zimmerman
Lara Cook on a lively history of an enduring style of government and the prospect of democracy
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The Athletic Trap: How College Sports Corrupted the Academy, by Howard L. Nixon II
John Harris on an analysis that advocates change in how universities manage sport programmes
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Economics of the 1%: How Mainstream Economics Serves the Rich, Obscures Reality and Distorts Policy, by John F. Weeks
Ioana Negru on a work that challenges macroeconomic assumptions and policies after the financial crisis
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Showcasing the Great Experiment: Cultural Diplomacy and Western Visitors to the Soviet Union 1921-1941, by Michael David-Fox
Newly-opened archives reveal celebrity guests’ true thoughts on Stalinism, says Yvonne Howell
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Skilled graduate jobs are harder to find
The proportion of graduates in high-skilled employment has fallen since 2008, according to an analysis of Labour Force Survey data
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Higher Education Academy ‘failing to win over leaders’
Body has impressed rank and file but must convince institution heads of the impact and value of its work, says report