'Data gap should put paid to higher fees'
It would be wrong to raise costs when students can't make informed choices, expert tells John Gill
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UUK weighs up private threat
The threat posed to UK universities by private education providers will be the subject of a major Universities UK research project.The study will follow a report for the UUK by Roger King, former...
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Threatened scheme praised by RAE panels for raising quality of projects
Peer reviewers offer public support to the AHRC's research-sabbatical initiative. John Gill writes
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Daytime TV: Back from the dead
Reincarnation is a theme of Gary Day's viewing over the new year, from former lives to world religions
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Hot research fronts in 2008
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators database
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Practise what you preach
A lack of quantitative analysis and a tendency to avoid policy-based research has left the study of higher education in the doldrums, John Gill hears
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The wizards of Oz
The 'Melbourne model' has prompted universities worldwide to consider broadening undergraduate degrees. But, finds Hannah Fearn, the template does not win over everyone
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The past is a disputed country
Archaeology's ability to reveal the truth untainted by political, cultural and nationalist bias remains a matter for heated debate. Matthew Reisz reports
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8 January 2009
Know thyself? - Higher education still finds it difficult to reflect hard-headedly on its practices
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Book of the week: Margaret Mead: The Making of an American Icon
For an academic, the anthropologist Margaret Mead (1901-78) attracted a great deal of attention. She appeared on a US postage stamp, in cartoons, on TV, before Congress, in FBI files, in children's...
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The week in books
Smoot's Ear by Robert Tavernor, professor of architecture and urban design, London School of Economics. Yale University Press, £10.99, ISBN 9780300143348"Tavernor's engaging, quirky study explores...
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Itineraries in Conflict: Israelis, Palestinians, and the Political Lives of Tourism
Wilful ignorance is not an option for those who travel at leisure in the Middle East, writes Laleh Khalili
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The Social Impact of the Arts: An Intellectual History
In the conclusion to their compact survey of the purpose of art, Eleonora Belfiore and Oliver Bennett state that their aim was neither to explain current debates nor to "direct us towards a better...
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Top 10 academic bestsellers: Blackwell, Exeter
1. Corporate Finance: Core Principles and Applications by Stephen A. Ross, Randolph W. Westerfield, Jeffrey Jaffe and Bradford D. Jordan. McGraw-Hill, £72.99. ISBN 97800732236052. Macroeconomics:...