Trial by fire will prove our mettle, insist v-cs
Majority expect to emerge stronger, but a short tail fear reforms' negative impact, writes Simon Baker
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Leeds Met's mane event ropes in care-leavers
Leeds Metropolitan University is pursuing its widening participation agenda by calling on the services of a former horse whisperer who offers "equine-assisted training" to students and staff.The...
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The big picture show
The White Paper lacks vision: the coalition's short-termism must give way to long-term thinking, Libby Hackett says
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Leading answers: this one's optimistic, this one fears the market...
Mike Boxall and Paul Woodgates consider the attitudes to the new academic order revealed by PA Consulting's latest v-c survey
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Top research institutions in plant sciences and mycology
The table (see related file, right) features the top universities and research organisations in the field of plant sciences and mycology based on highly cited papers published during the period 2000...
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Diary
BathOmens and InspirationsTo celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Great Comet of 1811, observed by William Herschel (1738-1822), and the opening of its new Caroline Lucretia Gallery, the Herschel...
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The Pick - Eyewitness: Hungarian Photography in the Twentieth Century
Credit: László Fejes, 'Wedding' (1965)/Hungarian Museum of PhotographyEyewitness: Hungarian Photography in the Twentieth CenturyRoyal Academy of Arts, LondonWhen it comes to photography, Robert Capa...
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Keep it strictly to yourself
"You know what they say? Jack of all trades and master of none." That was the vigorous response of Dr Fritz Itzig of our Department of Psychology to the recent argument by Professor Gill Nicholls,...
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Research Intelligence - Fighting for integrity
UKRIO, set up to ensure probity in research, needs funds - but some can’t see a role for it, writes Paul Jump
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The week in higher education
• It may not live in a pineapple under the sea, but a new species of mushroom will certainly join the ranks of nautical nonsense after being named in honour of the cartoon character SpongeBob...
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Leader: A big paper but no grand plan
The government's proposals promise radicalism. But, born of compromise and fudge, they betray a disturbing lack of vision
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From where I sit - South's rebel yell in the East
When a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Education stated last month that the South University of Science and Technology of China should be "run according to the law", it put the fledgling institution...
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Appointments
University of TorontoGreg ScholesGreg Scholes, professor of chemistry at the University of Toronto, has been awarded the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences. The honour, given...
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René Magritte: The Pleasure Principle
Alex Danchev revels in a sumptuous display of the Belgian master's playful and profound blend of banality and mystery
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Higher anxiety
Alan Ryan considers whether traditional university education has run its race