World in brief – 23 April 2015
Source: txking/Shutterstock.comUnited StatesPart-time scholars need permanent aidA quarter of part-time academic staff in the US receive some form of public assistance such as food stamps or Medicaid...
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China risks scoring own goal with campus football
Hong Bing examines plans for a Great Leap Forward in the sport
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David Peacock, 1939-2015
One of the most innovative archaeologists of his generation has died
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Q&A with Cathy Tyson
We speak to the film, TV and theatre actor on taking an undergraduate degree in her forties at Brunel University London
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NUS’ Twitter hustings puts parties to the test
As part of its #GenerationVote campaign, the National Union of Students asked Tory, Green, Lib Dem and Labour candidates about higher education policies
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News in brief – 23 April 2015
Student votesTuition fee ‘liars’ targetedThe National Union of Students has launched a national advertising campaign aimed at unseating the 38 MPs, nearly all Liberal Democrats, who broke the pledge...
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Grant winners – 23 April 2015
Arts and Humanities Research CouncilAward winners: Hannah Holtschneider (PI) and Mia SpiroInstitutions: Universities of Edinburgh and GlasgowValue: £495,418Jewish lives, Scottish spaces: Jewish...
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Crumpets still for tea
Source: Getty“Here we go again.”That was the aggrieved reaction of Jamie Targett, our Director of Corporate Affairs, to the news that Sir Jim McDonald, the principal and vice-chancellor of the...
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The week in higher education – 23 April 2015
“No player is bigger than the club,” runs the football cliché. Plymouth University has been given a similar lesson in an external report on its governance that was recommended by the Higher Education...
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Party lines and party lapses
What would politicians do for higher education in the next government? To find out, our panel gave them a grilling
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£8m funding cut could ‘destroy’ Northern Ireland’s institutions
Queen’s v-c speaks out amid plans to axe 236 staff and reduce student numbers by more than 1,000
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Private college approved for public loan funding despite concerns
QAA to review AA Hamilton College after identifying ‘a number of significant weaknesses’
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EU commissioner to mine untapped research riches
Carlos Moedas says gender and international diversity will yield gold
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23 April 2015
Question time - Our election panel grill the politicians
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The Invaders: How Humans and Their Dogs Drove Neanderthals to Extinction, by Pat Shipman
A lupine alliance may have helped Homo sapiens to beat the competition, says Simon Underdown