HR head: union shutout ignited staff enthusiasm
Derecognising Unite and Unison has led to greater employee engagement with the university, says the University of Reading’s John Brady
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Chatham House Archives published online
First module of digital resource, covering 1920 to 1979, shines light on colonialism’s end, communism and Cold War
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Campus close-up: GSM London
Unhindered by league tables, a for-profit business-focused institution says it is happily widening participation
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Murder and ‘blasphemy’: Pakistan’s academy in danger
Scholars at Risk Network warns of threats to academic freedom after the killing of a lawyer defending a scholar
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Room for growth in Japan-UK student traffic
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe calls for ‘globalisation’ and more exchanges at university leaders’ summit at University College London
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One for all: everyone wants a touch of Sorbonne magic
The venerable term is now used by three universities and three institutional clusters in Paris
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How Saudi Arabia can create an academic oasis
Philip Altbach on three problems hindering the kingdom’s institutions in their pursuit of world-class status
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Pfizer saga: health warning for UK university research
Life sciences ecosystem may lose out if US firm was ever to take over Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca
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Multi-professional approach delivers results in obstetrics training
Tim Draycott, who led the development of the PROMPT course, on the fellowship that gave him three years’ precious thinking time. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments
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UK university funding: don’t copy the Australians
As costs soar for students Down Under, England should be even more wary of following the country’s lead, says Rachel Wenstone
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The tongue-tied Britons abroad
Ignorance of one’s native English means other languages and cultures are a closed book, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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Don’t let fees billy boil over
We must heed warnings in Hepi’s academic experience survey before following Australia’s lead and abolishing tuition fee caps
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Lawrence Black, Mary Evans, Paul Greatrix, Vanessa Pupavac and R. C. Richardson...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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International Exchanges: Modern Art and St Ives, 1915-1965, Tate St Ives
Fiona Hackney considers the small colony of artists whose influence was felt far beyond their Cornish base
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Revolt on the Right: Explaining Support for the Radical Right in Britain, by Robert Ford and Matthew J. Goodwin
A study of Ukip’s rise yields surprising facts about the party’s followers, says Daphne Halikiopoulou