Belinda Jack on cliché, the nemesis of thought
Academics must counter ‘verbicide’, which constrains expression, to foster new ideas and ways of seeing
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PR disaster
It is bad practice for university press officers to edit information about their institutions on Wikipedia (“WikiTweaks: PR staff wield the airbrush for warts and all removalâ€, 21 November): indeed,...
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Twilight of the mission groups?
Ourania Filippakou and Ted Tapper consider whether they are heading for extinction
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Qualifications ‘snobbery’ holds back poorer students
Traditional ‘royal route’ to a degree holds sway over credit transfers
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YouthSight shows how to tap irrational postgrad decision-making
Firm looks at potential for using behavioural economics in student recruitment
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Employment skills don’t fit with academic degrees
UK needs more vocational higher education alongside traditional courses, says Nick Davy
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Languages needed for 'national security'
A British Academy report urges universities to help stem a decline in provision of languages with “strategic importance for defence and diplomacyâ€.
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New computer network for universities launched
An advanced computer network designed specifically to serve the research and education sector has been launched.
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Hepi director criticises ‘muddle’ caused by government policy
Coalition government policy to create a market in higher education has pushed England’s sector into “a terrible muddle, unmatched in the worldâ€.
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Times Higher Education Awards 2013 competition - Terms & Conditions
The Promoter of the competition is [TES Global Limited] (“TES Globalâ€)One (1) winner of the competition will receive an iPad MiniThe winner of the prize will be the person who accurately guesses the...
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Independent Scotland would seek research council access
An independent Scotland would seek to continue to share research councils with the remainder of the UK, a new blueprint for independence has said.
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Loan sale angers NUS
The sale of student loans to a consumer debt company “doesn’t make economic senseâ€, according to the National Union of Students
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Ministers ‘lose control’ of BIS budget
Ministers may cut student grants worth £350 million and reduce research funding by £215 million, according to a report of leaked documents
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Recruitment agents sign up to code of ethics
The British Council has launched an online list of student recruitment agents that have signed up to certain principles.
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Sir Ivor Crewe to be next Academy of Social Sciences president
Sir Ivor Crewe - master of University College, Oxford - has been appointed as the next president of the Academy of Social Sciences.