Social science emulates scientific method to escape retrenchment
Academy's campaign aims to repeat science lobby's CSR successes. Paul Jump reports
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Brickbats for research review's partial diagnosis
A review of medical research regulation has been criticised for failing to acknowledge social scientists' concerns about excessive red tape.An Academy of Medical Sciences report, released last week,...
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Calling all eurocrats: direct funds can stop continental drift
EU statute for Europe's academy needed to arrest economic decline. Hannah Fearn reports
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American recruitment body rejects 'naive' calls to 'eliminate' the agents
Claims that overseas-recruitment agents should be "eliminated" have provoked anger from a US body developing standards of ethical practice in the area.In an interview with Times Higher Education,...
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Presidents select: hail to the chiefs
British scholars rate leaders of the free world: George W. Bush also ran. Matthew Reisz reports
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Scholars, come home
Philip G. Altbach and Wanhua Ma assess China's initiatives to persuade its academics working abroad to bring their expertise back
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Defeated by violence and silence
Why has resistance to the government's plans for universities failed? Alastair Hudson decries the state's success in painting legitimate protest as riot
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When the kids are united
Recent marches by schoolchildren against tuition-fee hikes and budget cuts signal the revival of a long and illustrious tradition of pupil protests in Britain, Clive Bloom observes
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Putting reality back into the equation
Blind faith in the magic of numbers played a major role in the financial crash. Education must change to ensure that mathematicians have their feet firmly planted on the ground, Chris Ormell argues
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Film review: Barney's Version
Mordecai Richler is well served by a wry and affecting adaptation of his final novel, Duncan Wu says
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TV review: Points of view
Gary Day is startled by an art critic's approach to the work, life and loves of John Constable
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20 January 2011
Set to burst - Can kettling keep a lid on student protest and anti-government anger?
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βViolentβ accusation: Tory MP takes aim at UCU
A Conservative MP has attacked the University and College Union for supporting βviolent and illegal protestβ in a move described by the union as a smear ahead of a key Commons vote.
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Learning on the job: social work watchdog demands better placements
The social work watchdog is urging universities to drive up the quality of work placements for students after two-thirds of providers were asked to make improvements.
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Inside Higher Ed: How not to deal with a student mother
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed