Joshua Reynolds: Experiments in Paint
An artist often portrayed as an orthodox portraitist is depicted as having an ‘unquenchable thirst’ for innovation and experiment, finds Shahidha Bari
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Shortlist for Oxford vice-chancellor taking shape
Andrew Hamilton to take over at NYU after he makes his exit
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Mobile students get top marks
Students who spend part of their degree overseas achieve higher final grades than those who choose to stay put, according to a report
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Casualty of war: the hounding of German scholars in the UK
Frank Finlay considers the experience of the immigrant professor who held his post during the 1914-18 conflict
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Self-reflective study: the rise of ‘mesearch’
Emma Rees investigates research where selfhood and scholarship are intertwined
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Uclan sets aside £2.8m to cover losses overseas
University says that provision should be seen in context of a £10 million surplus across the institution as a whole
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Two tribes? Science and art are more like than unalike
The case for research funding in the humanities is stronger if we recognise the similarities, argues David Eastwood
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Strasbourg upholds sacked scholar’s right to criticise management
European Court of Human Rights rules in favour of a whistleblowing Latvian academic
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How to Write a Thesis, by Umberto Eco
This guide gets right to the heart of the virtues that make a scholar, Robert Eaglestone discovers
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Oxford v-c Andrew Hamilton named new NYU president
Andrew Hamilton, the University of Oxford vice-chancellor, has been named the next president of New York University
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Budget 2015: PhD loans up to £25K announced
George Osborne has announced that the government will offer PhD and research-based master’s students income-contingent loans of up to £25,000
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THE podcast: Jisc Digital Festival 2015
Download the podcastThe 2015 Jisc Digital Festival, known as Digifest, took place in Birmingham on 9 and 10 March 2015.In this podcast, reporter Chris Parr speaks with Carole Goble, a professor in...
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Australian government's bid to uncap fees falls again
Plans to uncap tuition fees in Australia have been defeated in the country’s upper house for the second time in four months
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Warwick v-c Nigel Thrift recorded calling student protesters ‘yobs’
But university’s registrar defends v-c, saying he has been ‘targeted personally and directly’ for weeks
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Birmingham pro v-c Richard Williams to head Heriot-Watt
A University of Birmingham pro vice-chancellor has been appointed to lead Heriot-Watt University