Universities urged to spread word about staff and student threats
Victim of harassment calls for changes in light of jail term for Queen’s academic
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Sketchy information: illustration as a tool of understanding
Symposium considers drawing’s role in refining and communicating knowledge, from geology to surgery to unicorns
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Indonesia struggles to bridge its skills gap
Vocational courses are the latest focus of government investment
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Terminal rhetoric
“Universities, at the end of the day, are businesses.†(“Cap won’t fit for long: v-c predicts £20,000 UK feesâ€, News, 7 November.) How glibly that phrase issues from the lips of Nick Petford, vice-...
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There’s no distance left to run
The 1994 Group’s break-up reflects fragmentation in the sector and leaves the ‘elite’ tag to the Russell Group alone
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Research needs more poetry, not more cash
‘Big money’ grants foster ‘bookkeeping’ work at the expense of small-scale but potentially groundbreaking efforts, says Gary Thomas
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UCL leads grant income table
London research giant attributes success to interdisciplinary approach
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The week in higher education - 14 November 2013
Unions have called another nationwide strike for 3Â December as part of a pay battle with higher education employers. As on 31Â October, the University and College Union, Unite and Unison are all set...
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Universities must not repeat music’s costly online errors
Feargal Sharkey tells GuildHE conference of hits, myths and the cost of ‘free’ in the Mooc era
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Assets, liabilities and old age tensions
In “Pay it forward†(Letters, 7 November), Dennis Leech attacks my analysis of the financial health of the Universities Superannuation Scheme, the UK’s largest pension scheme.The basis of his attack...
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Michael Ignatieff wins votes for honesty
Losing on the political stage has prompted public intellectual to change how he teaches
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Apprenticeships aimed at private students only
Some firms want only the ‘people their sons and daughters go to school with’
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The Endtimes of Human Rights, by Stephen Hopgood
Conor Gearty on an impassioned attack on ‘imperialism disguised as moralism’
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Q&A with Hanif Kureishi
We speak to the award-winning author and playwright, and professor at Kingston University. Plus the latest higher education appointments
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Tom Palaima on the power of mentors
A mentor provides far more than inspiration and sage advice, says Tom Palaima, who fears for the future of such guiding relationships in the era of Moocs