Working with, not against
Students' unions now focus on cooperation, not opposition, says Paul Greatrix
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Sandwiches are us
"A commercial breakthrough." That was how Desmond Ponzi, the manager of our staff snack bar, The Big Hub, described the fundamental changes he is making to his current "retailing strategy".From now...
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Laissez-faire attitude to Sarkozy's reforms as election looms
Economic crisis leaves French politicians tight-lipped on universities budget. Clea Caulcutt writes
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Research intelligence - Euro funding star in the ascendant
ERC leader Helga Nowotny talks to Paul Jump about concentration, competition and the future
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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My fellow Americans, college is not a priority
Presidential hopefuls' attitudes to sector range from indifference to hostility. Jon Marcus reports
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The week in higher education
• Racism is usually blamed on complex factors such as socio-economic background, peer group influence and political propaganda, but one academic study has suggested that rock music also has a case to...
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Leader: They never came to the boil
The dearth of funds to invest in teaching today makes the Cetls' meagre legacy all the more disappointing
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From Where I sit - Threat to national security
Throughout the history of the US, the nation has drawn strength from its large, established middle class - families who owned homes, saved for retirement and lived in relative security. They could...
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Odds and Quads
This "flying machine" is suspended from the ceiling of the Athena Building in Teesside University, where it forms part of a suite of 26 pieces called Dream Migration.
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Appointments
University of Western OntarioMichael MildeThe newly appointed dean of the University of Western Ontario's Faculty of Arts and Humanities believes that people should not be discouraged from studying...
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Turner Inspired: In the Light of Claude
Discussion of the merits of paired works used to be a sociable pastime. Has the fashion for chronological museology narrowed our experience, asks Sheila McTighe
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Third-culture club
The 'sciart' movement is bridging the gulf between the 'two cultures' that C.P. Snow lamented more than 50 years ago. Matthew Reisz reports from the lab of the imagination, where anything can happen
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No feedback loop, no way to improve (1 of 3)
Frank Furedi's typically provocative piece on student satisfaction surveys' malign influence on academic standards misses the point ("Satisfaction and its discontents", 8 March).If the purpose of...
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No feedback loop, no way to improve (2 of 3)
Many of my most satisfying experiences have also been the most challenging: I bet the same is true for Frank Furedi. So why does he argue that a focus on the student experience "inexorably" leads to...