Cash-starved campuses must raise fees or drop standards
Are alternative income streams out there? Keith Burnett mulls all the options and the impact of Brexit in a marketised system
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Times Higher Education Awards 2016 shortlist announced
Are you on the shortlist?
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Laurie Taylor – 1 September 2016
The official weekly newsletter of the University of Poppleton. Finem respice!
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Brexit: UK may have checked out, but it can never leave
A divided public and constitutional concerns make it impossible for Britain to pull out of the EU, says Felipe Fernández-Armesto
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Harnessing the power of tech universities
The challenges facing the world are complex, and solutions are urgently required. Ill health, poverty, climate change, energy and water supply, food security, industrial development, conflict,...
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Support surplus
It is axiomatic that those who deliver the main mission of a university need support in doing so. Many support staff do feel valued through our constant reinforcement of that axiom (“Professional...
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In the pipeline
Bugewa Apampa is right to underline the need for more leaders from black and minority ethnic backgrounds in academia (“Black female professor feels role models ‘required’ for BME students”, News, 16...
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Grant winners – 1 September 2016
A round-up of recent recipients of research council cash
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High anxiety: Swiss trials give a taste of life outside EU
Will an Alpine holiday make Theresa May reflect on what is lost when science and education become collateral damage?
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University scandals ‘do hit student recruitment’
Study in US suggests that institutions do take a hit from adverse media coverage despite a scandal likely leading to improved policies and procedures
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‘Customer’ is not a ‘dirty word’, says university executive
London South Bank's chief operating officer says students deserve to receive the best service after institution wins recognition for customer satisfaction
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What does the UK’s new industrial strategy mean for universities?
It is unclear what Theresa May’s policy will mean in practice, but it could draw universities into the heart of economic planning
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South African universities ‘at risk’ as fees debate rumbles on
Sixteen of country’s 26 institutions face ‘financial distress’ next year