Offa: removing cap removes excuses on lack of poor students
Regulator wants elite universities to set ‘challenging targets’ on admissions as student number controls end in autumn
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Performance-related pay is way forward for sector, says UUK review
Sir Ian Diamond’s efficiencies report endorses the shift from incremental pay rises to service-related rewards
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Save field biology skills from extinction risk
John Warren and colleagues warn of the serious decline in graduates with sound identification skills
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Seven myths of university teaching
Paul Ashwin unpicks some cherished nostrums, from Hollywood-style star turns at the podium to the much-exaggerated death of the lecture
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Video: Election Hustings for Higher Education 2015
Watch the only pre-election debate on higher education, featuring key representatives from the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties
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When disaster strikes on campus…
How do universities cope in the aftermath of fires, earthquakes and killing sprees?
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Is the journal ratings game good for researchers?
The Association of Business Schools has released its latest ranking of periodicals, but not everyone welcomes it
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26 February 2015
Disaster recovery - How campus communities cope with calamity
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World in brief - 26 February 2015
Republic of IrelandEuropean cash aids expansive thinkingThe National University of Ireland, Maynooth has announced a €150 million (£111 million) investment in new facilities, with half the funding...
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Derek Pugh, 1930-2015
One of the world’s leading experts on organisational psychology, known for representing how organisations work with “detail, breadth and rigour”, has died
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Q&A with Iain Simons
We speak to a principal lecturer at Nottingham Trent University who is also the director of the GameCity festival and co-director of the National Videogame Arcade
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Grant winners - 26 February 2015
Arts and Humanities Research CouncilLeadership FellowshipsAward winner: Gleider HernándezInstitution: Durham UniversityValue: £177,882Constructing authority in international lawAward winner: Rory...
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News in brief - 26 February 2015
International studentsChina risingThe number of Chinese students enrolling on full-time taught master’s courses in England has grown to all but match the number of home students, and has resulted in...
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On song with research
Although it is possible to have a residual sympathy for David Oldfield’s assertion that lecturers in the arts and humanities spend too much time researching rather than teaching (“You’re here to...
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Engineering solutions
The skills gap in UK engineering has taught us a valuable lesson: there is no such thing as a quick fix. British engineering will progress only through sustained collaborative efforts, consistency...