'Progressive' austerity and the obvious death of Lib Dem England
Clegg and Cable offer nothing new, just a return to Depression politics. They have sown the wind, says Simon Lee, and will reap the whirlwind
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The American way: so much spent on so few graduates
OECD data offer 'arms race' warning to a UK sector emulating the US model. Simon Baker reports
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Scholar fears widening-participation funding will be cut
The funding premium awarded in the largest sums to new universities to help them attract and support poorer students could be discontinued, a leading education expert has warned.
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LSE scholar admits race analysis was 'flawed'
Evolutionary psychologist issues mea culpa in wake of critical LSE inquiry. Jack Grove writes
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Academic efficiency drive may put Toyota at the wheel
Universities UK study highlights ways to streamline services and reduce costs. John Morgan reports
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Call for greater flexibility on retirement
Universities must stop using retirement age as a crude performance management tool as they face up to changing life cycles and the end of the default retirement age of 65.The argument was made by...
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Post-1992 campuses 'to be hit hardest by fees rise'
Number of students aspiring to attend newer universities 'could halve'. David Matthews writes
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Cheap-places policy may obstruct Cable's bridge-building plans
Vice-chancellors rehearse their objections to 'risky' White Paper proposals, writes Simon Baker
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Visa reform questioned again as passage from India shows signs of blockage
Fresh worries have been raised that visa reforms could be damaging the ability of UK universities to recruit students from overseas after more evidence emerged of a large drop in demand from India.
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Neutral value for Treasury adviser
Department's first scientific chief sets out his stall firmly in the middle of the road. Paul Jump reports
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The Conflagration of Community: Fiction Before and After Auschwitz
Robert Eaglestone is gripped by an exploration of the nexus between literature, society and the Holocaust
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The Burgher and the Whore: Prostitution in Early Modern Amsterdam
Petra de Vries finds an analysis of the Dutch sex trade vividly conjures the scene from the brothel
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Work's Intimacy
In a lively and compelling read, Melissa Gregg examines the impact of technologies on the work and lifestyles of employees in the knowledge economy. This book covers a lot of ground in a relatively...
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Networked: A Contemporary History of News in Transition
In the vortex of angst generated by scandal at News International and the complicity of Britain's political class, it is cheering to read a book that makes one feel a little more optimistic about the...
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Virginia Woolf
A focus on the joyous and teasing spirit in the writer's lyric novels appeals to Deborah Longworth