Inside Higher Ed: Flipping the job search
By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed

By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed
Race is higher education’s “dirty little secret†and more should be done to tackle the issue, a debate has heard.
International students make up 12 per cent of the total student population at UK universities, a sharp rise from 8 per cent eight years earlier.
A London university has announced it is to set up a specialist school for gifted young mathematicians as part of the government's plans to improve mathematics education in the state sector.
State school students in England with university-educated parents are five times more likely to reach higher education than those from "disadvantaged backgrounds", and are also more likely to go to...
A UK-based platform for massive open online courses (Moocs) to rival established providers in the US has been launched by The Open University.
University of SheffieldHow richly sums have decked theeFestive mathematics students have created a formula for the perfectly decorated Christmas tree. Members of the University of Sheffield's maths...
Principal buoyed by degree-awarding powers is sanguine about Moocs' threat, finds John Morgan
UUK tells sector to show willing on shared services as two schemes collapse. David Matthews reports
LEVERHULME TRUSTResearch project grantsSciences• Award winner: John Carr• Institution: University of Cambridge• Value: £241,544Payback: do plant viruses compensate their hosts by helping to attract...

One of the dominant international figures in the development of the theory of condensed matter has died.Balázs Gyorffy was born in Eger, Hungary, in 1938, but fled to Vienna in 1956 after realising...

Software and skilled interpretation help in analysing the mass of user-generated media content, scholar tells Matthew Reisz
Quality assuranceTwo bodies, one visionThe Quality Assurance Agency and the Office of the Independent Adjudicator have committed to sharing information. A co-signed memorandum of understanding...

'Residual body' will award degrees up to at least 2017-18, says v-c. David Matthews reports
New ZealandFee increase bid rejectedThe head of the body that represents Maori higher education students in New Zealand has welcomed the government's decision to turn down a university's application...