Planned Obsolescence: Publishing, Technology, and the Future of the Academy
Alessandra Tosi on a must-read for the massed ranks who fret about the future of the humanities
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Off-site store causes problems after Soas Library refurb cuts capacity. Matthew Reisz writes
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Court of law rules that complaints watchdog is not a court of law
Judgment rejects narcoleptic's case as it would make OIA a legal 'surrogate'. Jack Grove reports
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News in brief
United StatesA is for absentee?A professor has resigned from her post at a US university after accusations that she did not teach for two-thirds of an academic year and had awarded As to all her...
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East and West, African sector a middle-class fortress
Study finds class and gender inequality in Ghana's and Tanzania's universities. David Matthews writes
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DIY, says 'edupunk' star. Distortion and sell-out, say critics
Few scholarly cheers for author's 'branded' vision of accessible higher education. Sarah Cunnane writes
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Slow down, you move too fast, MPs tell careering coalition
Simon Baker on an analysis that has plenty to say about the government's direction of travel
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Grant winners
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHHealth Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) programme• Award winner: Heather Fortnum• Institution: University of Nottingham Medical School• Value: £140,385Assessment...
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Occupied by fear
Demonstrators are not the only ones with profound if unarticulated questions. Stefano Harney says we owe students more than teaching
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'Prima donna' professors lambasted for failure to mentor
Majority of staff complain about lack of leadership and guidance in a new survey. Jack Grove reports
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English universities enjoy 'most freedom' in Europe
English universities enjoy the greatest freedom from state interference in Europe, according to research.
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FE colleges forced to bid to win back places
The revelation that four out of five bidders for the 20,000 cut-price undergraduate degree places are further education colleges may be disguising the fact that many are simply bidding to "stand...
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Farthing's two penn'orth on 'low-cost' policy
The new head of the 1994 Group has marked the start of his tenure with an outspoken attack on the coalition's higher education policy, arguing that it "lacks ambition".
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History's role in 21st-century society is vital, conference hears
From politicians' failure to learn from past mistakes to the closure of university departments and the loss of specialist areas, evidence abounds that history is "in crisis". Yet the study of the...
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'Crazy' visa policy could wipe out surpluses
Universities could see recent record financial surpluses wiped out if the decline in applications from some sections of the international-student market continues, the chair of governors at a Russell...