TV review: Dispatches: Britain's Secret Fat Cats
Gary Day asks what is meant by the Big Society when the government seems intent on dismantling it
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Film review: The Housemaid
An unbelievable, unerotic thriller may still appeal to viewers' sense of silliness, concludes Duncan Wu
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Odds and quads
This sculpture of a kangaroo, located incongruously near the entrance of the library at Stockholm University, is the work of Torsten Renqvist (1924-2007).
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Research intelligence - Leave it to the select few
The majority of UK universities should pull out of research, according to Phil Willis. Paul Jump reports
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From where I sit - Warrior scholars' long, hard battle
In recent weeks, conversations about higher education have focused primarily on rising tuition fees. Although the decision to pursue higher education is clearly affected by the cost of tuition,...
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Campus round-up
IoE/East London/SheffieldImagination still alive and wellComputer games, pop music and television are enriching rather than destroying the imaginative games that children play, according to a study....
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The week in higher education
David Willetts has frequently urged universities to make more information available for students - but the University of York has taken things a step too far. In an accidental leak, reported on 17...
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Truth is our profession
Malcolm Gillies discusses the reality of university reputation
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24 March 2011
Heads up - Vice-chancellors’ education and pay revealed
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Leader: Dancing to a different tune
A generation of v-cs swayed by the rhythms of meritocracy are finding fresh reserves of restraint on pay, regardless of background
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Drag and drop to create a top-scoring 'dream team'
A new tool allows managers to assess and build on research groups’ performance. Paul Jump reports
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The wisdom of being positively supportive
Frank Furedi evokes the Aristotelian notion of phronesis, as interpreted by Hannah Arendt, in support of his claim that "Our job is to judge" (17 March). In a classic non sequitur, he then expresses...
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Market credentials (1 of 2)
In "Cutting the Gordian knot" (17 March), Alasdair Smith argues that removing price and number restrictions from our universities would reduce costs, as would limiting the intake of "unqualified"...
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Market credentials (2 of 2)
Predictably, the number of student places will need to be restricted in some way to constrain state expenditure on student financial support. David Willetts, the universities and science minister,...