Show scholars how to tap the potential of digital research tools
Libraries can aid academics with resource discovery by helping them to use cutting-edge technologies, says Richard Boulderstone
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Odds and quads
The Black Door, by the Norwegian artist Svein Moxvold, was created for his degree show at Goldsmiths, University of London in 2005. He donated it to Goldsmiths when he left, and it still stands on...
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Bodleian pays high price for the shift away from paper
Move from print to e-journals costs Oxford £400,000 in penalties. Nicholas Chan reports
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Heads must show that charity begins at the top
US-born Rose Bruford boss tells Sarah Cunnane that v-cs should be obliged to hit fundraising goals
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#loveHE
This week's tweet of the week is:(University) bar just now was quite a good reason to #loveHE. Students, academics, professional services, union staff and others all united - @NickEntwistleTell us...
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THE World University Rankings
So now we get to the hard part.I have spent months discussing the problems of our previous university ranking system: a weak response rate to the reputational survey, the failure to normalise...
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Top journals in agricultural sciences
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 2000-28 February 2010
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The Week in Higher Education
Harrods is to offer its staff two-year degrees in sales through a link-up with Anglia Ruskin University. From this month, 10 staff will become Anglia Ruskin students and study modules in human...
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Pledge to fully fund 10,000 places falls by the wayside
'Lack of time' and student loans firm's woes force Willetts to drop Tory plans. Simon Baker writes
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Worrying times: Russell Group alarm as pressure for cuts continues and record graduate unemployment forecast
Massive funding cuts to UK higher education are "starting to be noticed" on the international stage, a university leader has warned.Michael Arthur, chair of the Russell Group of large research-...
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Unhappy campus: heaven knows we're miserable now
Compared with global peers, UK academics are most negative about work. Paul Jump reports
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Memo to HR: Be clear about scholars' roles
Universities' human resources departments must be more upfront about what is expected of scholars in the period of "discontinuities and heresies" ahead, the Changing Academic Profession conference...
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Self-reliance and survival: a US lesson for the UK
Sector must make its own fortunes as state aid falls, academic leader says. Simon Baker writes
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Reform USS or lose government cash, EPF says
Employers have claimed that the government will cut higher education's funding grant unless payments into the sector's largest pension scheme are reduced, as they stepped up their public relations...
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A teaching qualification for all as new academy broom sweeps in
Craig Mahoney says he'll do things 'differently and better' to prove HEA's value, Rebecca Attwood hears