Aung San Suu Kyi calls for help from UK universities
Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi has called on British universities to help remedy the suppression of Burmese universities by the nation’s former military regime
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9 May 2013
Pillow talk - A husband and wife debate the research excellence framework.
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The week in higher education - 9 May 2013
“Boring” university lectures are likely to be the first victims of the rise of online learning, according to Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales. Speaking to BBC Online on 1 May, Mr Wales suggested that...
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UEL left rudderless after v-c and two senior managers resign
East London institution is mired in difficulty as leadership disintegrates
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London votes to close down ULU
Questions are raised about whether colleges have outgrown the university’s federal structure
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UCL biologist cleared of research misconduct
But investigation finds that practice ‘did not always meet’ expected standards
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FE colleges ‘may lose students to Moocs’
Will Yale’s lure empty out the sixth forms?
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Royal Holloway council lacks academic input: UCU
Unity decries decisions made ‘ad hoc’ without consulting scholars
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Lancaster considers federal union to bolster world profile and research power
V-c believes ‘radical solution’ is the way to rise up the rankings. John Morgan reports
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News in brief - 9 May 2013
SingaporeBy George protesters standAcademics and students at Nanyang Technological University have taken to the internet to protest over a prominent scholar and critic of state power in Singapore who...
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Campus round-up - 9 May 2013
Do as the vervets doResearchers have observed a rare example of “cultural transmission” among wild monkeys. Working with two groups of vervets in South Africa, scientists from the University of St...
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News in brief - 9 May 2013
MoocsAnother four on FuturelearnFour more universities have announced plans to offer massive open online courses via the UK-based Futurelearn platform, taking the total number of higher education...
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Overblown students’ egos ignore teachers’ expertise
Undergraduate-led learning environment is eroding academics’ authority, Jack Grove writes
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Odds and quads - 9 May 2013
These striking posters are part of the personal material donated by playwright Willy Russell to Liverpool John Moores University’s Special Collections and Archives
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Liberal US academics keep their politics to themselves
Research reveals conservative fears of left-wing influence are unfounded