Off Piste - Learning how to keep ducks
Helen Bynum on the rewards, delight and egg-citement of dabbling in duck-keeping

Helen Bynum on the rewards, delight and egg-citement of dabbling in duck-keeping

Vladimir Tismaneanu discusses the revolutionary ambitions of the USSR’s great tyrant

Whoever wins the next election, uncapped enrolments and a big student loan book must be addressed, say observers

Management pledges to tackle ‘stress-inducing’ culture. By Elizabeth Gibney

Death of Hugo Chavez unlikely to lead to changes within Venezuela’s ‘isolationist’ university system, says expert
Student accommodation provider UPP has launched its first bond, backed by the income from student residences at five universities.

Longer embargo periods of up to 24 months for green open access will only apply when universities’ annual block grants for “gold” article fees have run out, Research Councils UK has confirmed.

David Willetts has criticised “curmudgeons” who call for the return of a binary divide between universities and polytechnics, while a Labour MP has said modern universities can teach older...
International students add £120.3 million to the Sheffield economy each year, an in-depth analysis has concluded.

Six elite universities in the US and UK dominate THE’s 2013 World Reputation Rankings

By Carl Straumsheim, for Inside Higher Ed
Ministers have written to Universities UK to urge the sector to waive the fees of Syrian students who have been impacted by the country’s civil war.

The University of Central Lancashire has appointed Gerry Kelleher to become its vice-chancellor when it moves to a new corporate-style group structure later this year.
A writer on human behaviour has urged universities to encourage herd behaviour in their attempt to attract students rather than deploying rational argument.

Podcast Powered By PodbeanOn 4 March 2013 Times Higher Education published its annual World Reputation Rankings. Phil Baty, THE rankings editor, talks about the methodology, the findings, and the...