Aberystwyth names new head
Aberystwyth University has named its new vice-chancellor.
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Graduate employers may cast net wider for recruits
Employers believe a rise in university tuition fees will result in a less diverse pool of graduates, a survey of some of the biggest graduate employers in the UK has found.
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Climategate inquiries criticised
The University of East Anglia’s Climategate inquiries were not sufficiently transparent and failed to properly investigate some key issues, the Commons Science and Technology Committee has concluded.
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A model of good practice
I went in to the lion’s den last week, accepting an invitation to join a British Academy policy forum titled “League Tables in the Public Sector”.Among 30 leading social scientists and policymakers...
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Allocation delays leave teacher training in limbo
Delays to the announcement of initial teacher-training funding allocations may lead to some courses being undersubscribed, an academic has warned.
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Spanish statecraft, the scholarly way
“I had not previously had any contact with politicians,” said Philip Pettit, the Irish-born Laurance S. Rockefeller university professor of politics and human values at Princeton University, “and...
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THE Prize Draw
To celebrate the launch of our new THE app and digital edition we are giving away an iPad.All current subscribers to THE and all those who take out a THE subscription between 21 January and 14...
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Trustees order revisions to employers’ pension reforms
The trustees of higher education’s biggest pension scheme have ordered changes to the employers’ plans for reform – but the University and College Union will press ahead with a strike ballot.
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‘Rationing’ fear as UK students fail to secure places
Record numbers of students have missed out on university places, new figures show.
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‘Academically adrift’? Authors question learning standards in US academy
What do undergraduates learn in four years’ study at American universities? In an alarming number of cases, absolutely nothing, according to a still-unreleased book that is causing a firestorm in the...
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Defeated by violence and silence
Why has resistance to the government's plans for universities failed? Alastair Hudson decries the state's success in painting legitimate protest as riot
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When the kids are united
Recent marches by schoolchildren against tuition-fee hikes and budget cuts signal the revival of a long and illustrious tradition of pupil protests in Britain, Clive Bloom observes
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Putting reality back into the equation
Blind faith in the magic of numbers played a major role in the financial crash. Education must change to ensure that mathematicians have their feet firmly planted on the ground, Chris Ormell argues
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The Death Marches: The Final Phase of Nazi Genocide
Richard J. Evans lauds a masterly account of deadly evacuations in the last months of the Third Reich
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The Star-Crossed Stone: The Secret Life, Myths, and History of a Fascinating Fossil
Paul Taylor digs up the folklore and the symbolic significance of sea urchin skeletons