A case of double Dutch
Nicola Dandridge is sceptical of press reports on the boom in British students heading to the Netherlands for a university education
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Lead on UUK - we'll follow
Our vice-chancellor has described himself as "gobsmacked" after learning from research by the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education that Universities UK is not regarded by academics as...
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Concordat will not call for new integrity overseer
Research funders’ long-awaited “concordat” on research integrity deliberately steers clear of “heavy-handed regulation”, one of its authors has said.
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Leader: Charge of the elite brigade
In a sector beset by financial uncertainty, the gap between the richest and the poorest institutions looks set to widen
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Research Intelligence - Body of data is the envy of the world
UK Biobank offers treasure trove of genetic information to researchers. Paul Jump reports
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The week in higher education
• Higher education has a new and unlikely champion: Noel Edmonds. The man responsible for Deal or No Deal and Mr Blobby has apparently offered to fund the doctoral studies of a Canterbury Christ...
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From where I sit - Time's not on our side
There were problems with the Japanese national unified college entrance examinations this year. In these tests, held over one weekend in January, final-year high school students sat multiple-choice...
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Odds and quads
This cast reveals the circulation within the heart of a greyhound. It was made by injecting coloured liquid acrylic into structures such as blood vessels and air-filled spaces and then allowing it to...
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Appointments
BPPGraham GaddesThe new chief operating officer of private higher education provider BPP has revealed that it was the opportunity to "influence the future of education on a global basis" that...
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Semi-fictional character
He was driven to write an acclaimed debut novel in stolen hours, but lecturer, researcher and scholarly biographer Christopher Bigsby is content never to call himself a ‘real writer’
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The history boys and girls
Felipe Fernández-Armesto recalls a golden age when learning was treasured
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Tjukurrtjanu: Origins of Western Desert Art
Peter Hill is awed by an exhibition of indigenous Australian art that combines the hypnotically beautiful with the deeply primal
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Surplus value
Hefce says that record levels of spare cash prepare the academy for the new fees regime, but as new policies for allocating student places bed in, we might need to reassess its future financial...
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Stamp of approval for rational visa policies (1 of 3)
There was some good news in last week's immigration announcements, as strange as it sounds. As well as keeping the overall work-related visa cap static - rather than reducing it owing to lower than...