A national institution: should it be left to die or is it worth reviving?
If the University of Wales survives the calls for closure, its leaders need to clarify its purpose, cautions alumnus Deian Hopkin
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Still a masculine noun
Research remains male-dominated and the equality guidelines proposed for the REF don't go far enough, says Carole Leathwood
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English sector may be purposely over-recruiting
With acceptances way up, is over-recruitment being used to beat drop in 2012-13? asks Simon Baker
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Unions divided over pay offer
Higher education's unions are divided on the £150 national pay offer, as employers predict tougher wage battles ahead when higher tuition fees create a belief that the sector is "awash with cash".
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Colleges in the dark over Wales validation changes
Widespread uncertainty among partner colleges after abrupt policy shift. David Matthews reports
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Ucas opens debate on a move to PQA
Consultation on 'unfair' system could result in students sitting A levels early. Jack Grove reports
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Fast-track degree will save a Lady Godiva or two
Degree courses lasting just over 18 months and costing £4,800 a year are to be offered by Coventry University.
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Edification, edification, edification...
Much has been made of the supposedly supine response of vice-chancellors to the wholesale reform of higher education by the coalition government.
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Industry urged to back UK research
The business world's "counter-intuitive" failure to capitalise on the UK's ever-increasing research excellence needs to be addressed by the government, the author of a report into UK research has...
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Cuts threaten feeder route to part-time study
Cutting teaching subsidies could "kill off" evening-class courses, which are a key route into part-time degrees, a conference has heard.
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This REF is a deadly serious undertaking
Frustration with audit culture has driven a scholar to murder - in fiction. Matthew Reisz investigates
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Case sets out the principled way to accept a gift
LSE awaits outcome of probe into Gaddafi regime gifts to publish guidelines. David Matthews reports
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'Concentrate on overall experience, not jobs'
Too much emphasis on graduate employability in Key Information Sets could play into the hands of private for-profit providers at the expense of universities, a vice-chancellor has warned.
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The Mad Square: Modernity in German Art 1910-37
A diverse collection of artworks from the Weimar period focused on sex and death make an astonishing show, Peter Hill says
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The Pick - The First Actresses: Nell Gwyn to Sarah Siddons
Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionThe First Actresses: Nell Gwyn to Sarah SiddonsNational Portrait Gallery, London, until 8 January 2012Because Covent Garden was famous for...