Scorpio rising, reluctantly
I sympathise with Jay Kennedy ("My Dan Brown moment", 4 November). Things could be worse, though: at least he was in the limelight for an important contribution. My "real" work on religious change...
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Digital 'deviants' and the spirit of '68
In May 1968 the old order was upturned by marginalised contract lecturers. Today, the proliferation of online courses offers slow-track academics a similar opportunity to seize the scholarly high...
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A grand unified theory of man
In the academy, the real argument over science and religion is not about God but rather about how social and natural scientists understand people. Martin A. Mills says we must bridge that gap to...
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History in the faking
Some academics think the authors of historical fiction peddle myths, exploit their labour and wallow in sentimentality. But could dialogue between the two play a role in promoting public...
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18 November 2010
Reboot the revolution - Online lecturers, the new barbarians at the gate, are academia’s avant-garde
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Research and student places protected as Scots announce cuts
Funding for Scottish higher education is to be cut, but university places and research cash will be maintained at their current levels.
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Inside Higher Ed: Cheating and the generational divide
By Dan Berrett, for Inside Higher Ed
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Tara Brabazon: History as nostalgia, or one damned thing after another
Jerome de Groot’s Consuming History offers a forensic examination of modern culture’s sentimental, simplistic repackaging of the past. Tara Brabazon admires its corrective qualities
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‘Stupid, ignorant, foolish’: peers express dismay at potential loss of scientific expertise in merged BIS post
Plans to change the way the science and research community is represented in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills could have a damaging effect on the sector’s relationship with...
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Cable: elite held gun to our heads over fees
Vince Cable has claimed that the government effectively was held to ransom on tuition fees, as a group of elite universities would have “gone private” if the cap had not been raised.
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Research reputation not priority for potential students
Students choose their university on the quality of its teaching and social life, not its research standing.
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Bristol head named as next UUK chief
Eric Thomas, the University of Bristol’s vice-chancellor, will be the next president of Universities UK, it has been announced.
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UK higher education becomes the main destination for million-pound donations
Higher education received more million-pound gifts than any other fundraising sector in the UK in 2008-09, according to an annual survey published by Coutts.
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Fees hike will restrict access
Ethnic minorities and the poor may be priced out of university. It will be a loss for them, for society and for academia, warns Nabil Ahmed
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Canadian scholars defend freedoms in face of growing marketisation
Academic freedom has always been a struggle for universities to maintain, something that constantly needs to be defended from outside pressures, many scholars would argue.In Canada, the university...