Art

We talk to the new chancellor of the University of Westminster

Lecturer who masterminded student-run commercial operation Re:So shortlisted for enterprise education award

Trinity College Dublin and the University of Limerick become the first organisations outside the UK to gain an Athena SWAN charter mark for gender equality

Staffordshire lecturer’s illustrated activity book introduces students to research techniques

Matthew Reisz looks for the value in dull pictures of long-forgotten vice-chancellors

More research spending needed, says head of Brazil’s innovation agency

Will open doors between the academy and the arts create a golden age?

Analysis by admissions service finds medicine and accountancy students emphasise career aspirations

University lecturers can learn how to teach creativity by looking at innovative practice found in art colleges and music schools, claims education expert

Young experts in everything from wartime France to the theme of the widow in British literature have been selected in this year’s cohort of New Generation Thinkers.

To understand Rothko, one must cross boundaries. We should force students to do the same, says Mary Evans

Alison Yarrington gleans much from a glimpse into the domestic lives of Cezanne, Monet and Rodin

Report from top academics suggests a greater role for business in courses, writes Zoe Corbyn

Senior RAE figures offer frank perspectives on the future of research funding. Zoe Corbyn reports

Journal editor calls for more respect and cash for interdisciplinary arts research. Zoe Corbyn reports

Nostalgia was once taboo in academe but a new generation is unafraid to explore longing and loss, says Alastair Bonnett

The rise of digital and conceptual art, and a declining interest in traditional craft skills, is forcing art departments to reinvent themselves. Hannah Fearn investigates

Researchers are anxious that quality indicators could become benchmarks, reports John Gill

The AHRC wants to know which cultural elements, past and present, should inform policy-making. Zoe Corbyn reports

Peter Stone on a last-gasp defence of the rich Western museums hoarding the world's cultural heritage