UK is 10th among best global environments for universities
The UK has been placed 10th in a ranking of the world’s best higher education systems, with the US topping the list.
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The War of the Sexes: How Conflict and Cooperation have Shaped Men and Women from Prehistory to the Present
Women are born to demand their share - just ask the hunter-gatherers, argues Camilla Power
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The Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life
Philip Robins on the Middle Eastern despots who held power for so long and lost it so rapidly
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Maps of Utopia: H.G. Wells, Modernity and the End of Culture
How much is society prepared to invest in the quality of the education it offers and to make it easily accessible to its entire population? What can and should art and literature do for the societies...
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Darkness Before Daybreak: African Migrants Living on the Margins in Southern Italy Today
How hard life is for immigrants, exploited and robbed of their weekly wages by Neapolitans. What happens in a degraded economic area of Southern Italy when newcomers arrive illegally? The...
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All in a Don's Day
The chance to review a series of blogs on scholarly life was an offer Tom Palaima couldn't refuse
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Complicity in the Holocaust: Churches and Universities in Nazi Germany
"Licence to kill" - this was the message given to the German people during the era of the Third Reich by the two most morally authoritative groups in society, the churches and the universities,...
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The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided By Politics and Religion
Why can't we all just get along? According to moral psychologist Jonathan Haidt, the reason is that human nature is intrinsically "groupish" and judgemental. Haidt weaves together updated versions of...
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Sea turtles homing in on China must swim against academic tide
Scholars returning after years in Western universities can struggle to assimilate. Carolynne Wheeler writes
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Keep health checks for all, Hefce tells quality consultation
Funding body would prefer to retain full reviews for every institution. John Morgan reports
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Oversight of private providers is introduced as state-funded loans soar
Ministers have introduced a system of "due diligence checks" for private higher education providers, it has emerged, as new figures show that the number of their students accessing state-funded loans...
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Scholar's paper doesn't add up
'No scientific content' the sticking point as second mathematics treatise is retracted. Paul Jump writes
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KAUST head to underline role in job creation
The president of a flagship research university in Saudi Arabia will emphasise his institution's role in creating jobs for the country's burgeoning youth population in the Higher Education Policy...
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That'll tide us over: how overseas students help the bottom line
This graph, from a Higher Education Statistics Agency report, shows how institutions in the four nations of the UK rely on very different types of student for their tuition fee income.
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Elite play game of thrones with no fear of secession
Unity confirmed, but Russell Group's new chair will have to deal with Gove. John Morgan reports