Put it to the test case
I can quite understand the strength of feeling expressed in Manfredi La Manna’s letter about Universities UK’s guidance on external speakers in higher education institutions (“Beyond belief”, 5 ...
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Evidential tools to narrow gender gap
No conclusions can be drawn from the WomenCount: Leaders in Higher Education report regarding the link (or otherwise) between the number of female governors on university boards and the appointment...
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God bless us, every one
There was no need to go all the way to Lapland if you wanted to meet Father Christmas this week. All you had to do was walk into the atrium of our Michael Gove College on Tuesday morning this week...
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The week in higher education - 12 December 2013
Boat Race protester Trenton Oldfield has won his fight to stay in the UK after a judge overturned his deportation order, The Independent reported on 10 December. The 37-year-old Australian, who...
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Campus round-up - 12 December 2013
Inner visionsThese pictures, which show a computed tomography scan of a Peruvian mummy, are part of an exhibition showcasing extraordinary images from biology and medicine. Visions of Discovery is...
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Grant winners - 12 December 2013
National Institute for Health ResearchPublic Health Research programmeAward winner: Frances GardnerInstitution: University of OxfordValue: £337,265How far could widespread dissemination of parenting...
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THE Scholarly Web - 12 December 2013
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Q&A with Fiona Sampson
We speak to the professor of poetry at the University of Roehampton’s new Poetry Centre. Plus the latest higher education appointments
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Jock Young, 1942-2013
One of the world’s leading criminologists has died
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News in brief - 12 December 2013
REF 2014‘Selective’ alarm fails to go offFears that universities would be more selective about who they submitted to the 2014 research excellence framework have proved unfounded. According to the...
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Odds and quads - 12 December 2013
The diagram showing the flow of blood in the forearm is taken from William Harvey’s De Motu Cordis (1628), a pioneering exposition of how blood circulates around the body
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Mandela’s death triggers memories of anti-apartheid struggle
How big a role did scholars play in abolition of heinous system?
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Watchdog backs THE’s demand for timely minutes from London Met
Institution’s 12-month embargo is probably ‘in breach’ of ICO guidelines. David Matthews reports
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Humanities must lead on European stage or risk being left behind
Oxford scholar says discipline can play vital role in meeting biggest challenges