Contravene or intervene?
Freedom of speech is passionately defended in UK education, but when Islamic extremism and even terrorism have emanated from some of our campuses, should institutions step in? Matthew Reisz weighs up...
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Reboot camp
Aspiring and seasoned US journalists alike are looking to tech-savvy graduate schools to help them survive and thrive in a new multimedia environment. Jon Marcus reports
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Film review: Black Swan
Duncan Wu enjoys the intensity and obsession in a portrayal of a ballerina losing touch with reality
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TV review: Crime-time viewing
Gary Day enjoys a feast of detective fiction over Christmas, made all too poignant by real events
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6 January 2011
Campus watchmen - How far should universities go in policing extremism?
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NUS head tells access champion to show he means business
The president of the National Union of Students has set out a series of issues that must be addressed by the government’s new advocate for access to education if the role is to be more than “window...
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Ucas data reveal changes in numbers of university applications
The number of people bidding for a university place in the UK for 2011-12 is up by 2.5 per cent, according to the latest figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service.
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Inside Higher Ed: Job freefall, job recovery
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Age of reason?
After 18, the government becomes very confused about education, says David Colquhoun
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College is a different kind of battle for veterans
“I’m 25...I’m not here to party; I’m here to work.”This is how one student introduces himself to his tutors each semester at a private non-profit higher education institution in the US. He also...
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New Year Honours: higher education’s standouts
Tim Wilson, who retires today as vice-chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire, has been knighted in the New Year Honours.
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Tara Brabazon: Life lessons from Generation X
As its progenitors mature, popular culture is rising to the challenges of facing the inevitability of ageing, writes Tara Brabazon
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Hughes takes role of access champion
A senior Liberal Democrat who opposes tuition fees has been appointed to a new post that will see him work to encourage young people from poor backgrounds to go to university.
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Most of all beware ignorance
Scotland must stand against tuition fees and preserve universal state-supported access to higher education or risk a return to Dickensian darkness, argues Kate Smith
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Oxbridge ballots give resounding rebuff to employers’ USS proposals
Pensions ballots at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge saw more than 80 per cent of the staff members who voted rejecting the employers’ plans to cut benefits in the Universities Superannuation...