Dystopian vision of Academy 2034
Scholars predict the shape of things to come to stop it becoming a reality. Hannah Fearn reports
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The world in motion: 17 December 2009
One of the strongest criticisms of our old methodology for the World University Rankings was that 40 per cent of the score for each institution was based on a survey of a very small number of...
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Queen Mary, University of London - Beware seasonal seasoning
Scientists have warned that Christmas food can contain "shocking" amounts of salt. Research carried out by Consensus Action on Salt and Health, a group of scientists campaigning to reduce the salt...
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Glasgow/Glasgow School of Art - Yuletide dilemmas
An "ethical Christmas study day" is to be held at the Glasgow School of Art on 19 December. The day will include presentations from authors of books about consumption and chocolate and is part of an...
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Bucks New University - Frozen asset
Students at Bucks New University are getting into the festive spirit thanks to the opening of an ice rink outside the university's main entrance, turning the campus into a "winter wonderland". The...
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University of Glasgow - Oh yes it does ..
Researchers at the University of Glasgow have produced a DVD of rare historical theatre footage celebrating the cultural impact of Scottish pantomime. It includes archive film from the 1930s to the...
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University of Sheffield - Reward for sharing
A national competition to upload the most freely accessible open-access content during the UK's first Open Access Week has been won by the University of Sheffield. Its academics uploaded 101 research...
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University of Salford - Compensation pay
The former vice-chancellor of the University of Salford, Michael Harloe, received £30,000 from the university to leave two months early, it has emerged. Professor Harloe's contract was due to end in...
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Anti-impact campaign's 'poster boy' sticks up for the ivory tower
Only academic excellence can deliver the benefits the state craves, James Ladyman tells Zoë Corbyn
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Overseas briefing
AustraliaClosures leave foreigners in lurchInternational students studying at two Australian colleges have been left high and dry after the institutions were shut down by a state regulator. The...
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Let the right ones in: UK academy's Nigerian invite
Pilot will allow select few to build branches and twin with local providers. John Morgan reports
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Conversational gambit
What is 'high-quality' feedback? Frank Furedi says it is an ongoing, interactive process where it's always good to talk
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Unwrapping Christmas: familiar traditions that surprise us every year
A.W. Purdue welcomes the festive season when all the favourites reappear, despite unnerving visits from the ghosts of interviews past
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The future of the UK academy? It's as easy as Oxbridge 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ..
A radical rebranding programme would please politicians, obviate the need for the QAA and bring a certain je ne sais quoi to the sector. Michael Thorne writes
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All apologies
Britons' use of 'sorry' evinces a culture scared of doing the wrong thing. A bit of positivity would help, says Robert Segal