The week in higher education
Credit: Nick NewmanThe A-level results released on 20 August were better than ever, for the th year in a row, with a pass rate of 97.5 per cent and more than one in four grades an A. Commentators...
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League tables should be replaced, says v-c
Chris Brink calls for quality profiling as Mandelson ponders spidergrams, writes Melanie Newman
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Superheroes too self-absorbed to lead in current climate
Flamboyant, arrogant vice-chancellors who are initially perceived as "heroic" or "visionary" may end up damaging their universities in the long term.A study by Malcolm Higgs, professor of human...
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Half of all clearing places snapped up within four days
University places offered through clearing have filled in record time amid the "biggest ever" squeeze on university applications.Of the estimated 22,000 places in clearing this summer, about half -...
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Paper binned after backlash over 'feathering nests' claim
Executives' document criticises 'talking shops' and 'avoiding responsibility'. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Hundreds of Sheffield staff opt for severance
More than 300 staff at the University of Sheffield have volunteered to quit their jobs and are to leave the institution by the end of November.The university will save £13 million as a result of the...
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Best Wank and Gaza: this year’s top exam howlers
Rebecca Attwood looks at the student bloopers that reduced their tutors to tears
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Daytime TV: Moved to action
A documentary about benefits makes Gary Day uncomfortable. Thank goodness for Timothy Spall
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Top Asia-Pacific institutions in material science
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 1999-30 April 2009
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Holiday campus news
Visitors to the Poppleton campus are reminded that tours of the Vice-Chancellor's house will take place every weekday afternoon at 2pm. Admission is £5.00 and ticket-holders are requested to stay...
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Study leave: a right, not a privilege
Tim Birkhead dreams of time to work, free from day-to-day interruptions
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Off Piste: Stitches through time
Sara Schley first turned to knitting to fill time during a summer break from college, but it has since become an integral part of her life
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Leader: We must adapt to survive
Students no longer have to travel to get a Western degree as UK education centres are setting up overseas in a global market
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From where I sit - Between a rock and a hard place
Where I sit is getting awkward these days. I find myself caught in the middle of an increasingly acrimonious debate between faculty and administrators as financial pressures are creating a perfect...