Not part of the union? Perhaps it's time, UK staff in US outposts are told
British academics working in the UK for wealthy US institutions are being urged to unionise to improve pay and to counter "potential threatening behaviour" from employers.
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Small states are open in a big way
The most happily international higher education systems aren't the superpowers. John Gill writes
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Sector strives to retain teacher-training function
Government reforms challenged as MPs hear all providers face tough times. Sarah Cunnane writes
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News in brief
New Generation ThinkersAHRC joins BBC for a rerunAn initiative to identify and support "the next generation of public intellectuals" is to be repeated next year. The Arts and Humanities Research...
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A bad deal for 'consumers'
Students want to be better people; current policies hinder them, argue Paul Ashwin, Andrea Abbas and Monica McLean
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Dutch lessons for an impact agenda that satisfies all parties
The Netherlands has a workable system from which the UK could learn, says Paul Benneworth. But, be warned, it will involve compromise
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Undying love and its haters
Twilight has a largely female fan base. It is time to re-evaluate female fan pleasure, says Will Brooker, and be alive to its magic
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Diary
LiverpoolSavage Style: Costumes from Lily's WardrobePaul O'Grady's alter ego - the embittered housewife and occasional shoplifter Lily Savage - is one of the great comic creations of recent decades....
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The Pick - Picturing Politics: Exploring the Political Poster in Britain
Picturing Politics: Exploring the Political Poster in BritainPeople's History Museum, Manchester, until 17 June 2012For the 1929 general election, the Labour Party created a poster of a heroic worker...
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Pearls before swine
"It's chalk and cheese." That was how our senior manager of external relations, Kirk Swavely, responded to suggestions of an "unfortunate similarity" between the terms of the new L'Oreal...
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TV review: George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Martin Scorsese's film shows that none of life's strings can last, says Gary Day
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Film review: Snowtown
Philip Dodd is disturbed by a vision of hell, where the audience is forced into unendurable complicity
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Kevin Sharpe, 1949-2011
"Slightly provocative, slightly cocky, but always intellectually impressive," Kevin Sharpe was a unique scholar, and one of the first to embrace the importance of interdisciplinarity.Born on 26...
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Cut the branches, try a safer route
'Transnational' education isn't dying, but it is changing. Jon Marcus reports on Western institutions' moves to mitigate the risks of foreign outposts, thanks to a little help from their hosts
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US students set sights beyond Europe
Asia, India and Middle East are becoming study-abroad destinations of choice, reports Jon Marcus