Picture imperfect
I was bewildered by the photo illustrating your article on the portrayal of Palestinians in Israeli history books ("Schooled in distrust: a textbook case of indoctrination?", 10 November). I fail to...
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Classic bunga bunga
Is it too much of a hermeneutic leap to detect a connection in the proximity of the reviews of Martijn Icks' book on the Emperor Elagabalus, famous for "his sexual depravity and orgiastic rituals",...
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A little short-staffed
Now we know the University of Poppleton's academic staffing levels: 167 scholars, or to be precise, 166 and one part-timer on 3.33 days a week. This is the only way to explain how Gordon Lapping's...
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After 12 years, University of West London removed from ‘at risk’ list
A university that has been on the funding council’s “at risk” list for 12 years – longer than any other in England – has been removed from the register.
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Inside Higher Ed: Dropping F-bombs
By Elizabeth Murphy, for Inside Higher Ed
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FE colleges lead scramble for 20,000 biddable places
Five times as many further education colleges as universities have bid for places under the government’s cut-price student numbers margin in 2012-13.
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For students, fee waivers ‘make no sense whatsoever’
Tuition fee waivers should be scrapped in favour of bursaries, according to a former president of the National Union of Students.
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Europe still the top destination for US students
The UK remains the top destination for students from the US looking to study abroad.
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Disquiet over plans for Portsmouth’s School of Art
A Turner Prize-winning artist has criticised a decision by a university art school to concentrate more on digital-based courses in a restructure that threatens around a dozen jobs.
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AHRC appoints new director of research
A professor of English studies at the University of Strathclyde has been named as the new director of research at the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
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Universities wary of European threat to autonomy, Lords inquiry hears
Universities in the UK should be wary of any attempts by the European Commission to take greater control of higher education policy as it could present a threat to institutional autonomy, a vice-...
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Tribes & tribulations
Every discipline has quirks invisible to its insiders. Intrepid scholars who venture into a related field will discover a host of idiosyncrasies that shine new light on the oddities of one's own...
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The unseen academy
As officialdom's demands for meaningless Transparency and Information multiply, Thomas Docherty asks: has clandestine scholarship become the only way to carry out real research and teaching?
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The Body Politic: The Battle over Science in America
This punchy work helps to address the denial of scientific knowledge in the US, says James Wilsdon
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The Keats Brothers: The Life of John and George
An exposition of fraternal ties sheds new light on the life of the 'Cockney Poet', finds Christoph Bode