Sway: WikiLeaks, universities and 'soft power'
The diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks articulate the importance of the academy in the ‘great game’ of international politics. David Matthews investigates
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Questions over SLC chief's employment arrangements
The head of the Student Loans Company is reported to be being paid through a private firm rather than directly, a mechanism that can be used to reduce income tax liability.
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Extra support for postgrads as Hefce responds to grant letter
Universities in England will receive an extra £40 million to help fund taught postgraduate students next year but will lose around £30 million due to institutions admitting too many undergraduates...
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Public safety outweighs academic freedom, committee rules
Scientists should agree not to publish experiments into increasing the virulence of potentially dangerous microbes such as the bird flu virus until wider society can agree on “the balance that must...
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Inside Higher Ed: ‘Gainful’ comes to the non-profits
Obama higher education plan signals policy shift
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Applications fall 10 per cent in England
University applications from UK-based students have fallen by 8.7 per cent, official figures show, with those in England falling further still.
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Visa crackdown is ‘devastating’ private colleges
The effect of the government’s student visa policies on private higher education colleges has been “swift and probably even more devastating than was predicted”, according to a think tank.
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Central Saint Martins names new head
A professor of architecture has been appointed as the next head of Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.
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Les Ebdon named as ‘preferred candidate’ for Offa job
The government has named its preferred candidate to lead the university access watchdog the Office for Fair Access.
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UCL 'no confidence' vote defeated
A motion of no confidence in University College London provost Malcolm Grant tabled by the institution’s students’ union has been defeated.
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Impact of fees hike to be monitored by independent commission
An independent commission has been set up to see if higher tuition fees are deterring poorer students from applying to university.
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Grant letter outlines cut in student number control limits
The government is to clamp down on over-recruitment of students by universities in order to keep costs under control, according to this year’s grant letter.
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Nine Algorithms that Changed the Future: The Ingenious Ideas that Drive Today's Computers
John Gilbey welcomes clear explanations of the invisible technology in devices we use every day
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Debating the Ethics of Immigration: Is There a Right to Exclude?
The admission or denial of entry to foreign nationals is fraught with moral dilemmas, finds Paul Scheffer
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Lost in Transition: Ethnographies of Everyday Life after Communism
Without having lived through it first hand, it is hard to grasp the magnitude of the change to daily life in the Eastern Bloc after the collapse of the region's Communist regimes in the late 20th...