Obama college rating plans ‘should be ditched’
An organisation with more than 200 US university members has formally urged the federal government to ditch plans for a college ratings system
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Former Oxford v-c ‘senior adviser’ to new Hereford university
A proposed new “world-class” university for Hereford will focus on engineering and has former Oxford vice-chancellor Sir John Hood as senior adviser
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Rate My Professors analysis suggests 'gender language bias' by students
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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New student mental health guidance for universities launched
Official guidance for universities on how to support students with mental health problems has been updated
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Warwick announces California campus plan
The University of Warwick is to develop a campus in California, with the goal of growing to 6,000 students by 2031
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Counter-Terror bill receives Royal Assent
The Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill, which many academics fear will suppress freedom of speech in universities, has received Royal Assent.
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THE podcast: 12-18 February 2015 issue review
Download the podcastAn estimate that puts the cost of the REF at £1 billion, the impact of the government’s visa crackdown, Danny Dorling’s analysis of student admissions, and the life of Sir David...
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UUK calls for new “Council for HE” to become main sector body
The next government should create a new lead regulator, the Council for Higher Education England, and toughen rules for private providers
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UCL’s Magnus keeps blood flow research innovations in-house
Start-up aims to sidestep big pharmaceutical firms by developing its lab discoveries inside the university’s walls. Plus the latest higher education appointments
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Soldiers of the NFL
American football is a contemporary moral equivalent of war, says Alan Ryan
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Lives and loves of geniuses
Recent films fail to recognise the support women give to famous male artists or scientists, says Mary Evans
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Universities at War, by Thomas Docherty
This powerful polemic should be in every undergraduate’s welcome pack, says Mary Evans
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Mathematics without Apologies: Portrait of a Problematic Vocation, by Michael Harris
Tony Mann discovers the charisma of mathematicians
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Between Two Worlds: How the English Became Americans, by Malcolm Gaskill
Donald M. MacRaild on the English colonists’ determination to hold on to their identity in the New World
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Neuroscience for Leadership: Harnessing the Brain Gain Advantage, by Tara Swart, Kitty Chisholm and Paul Brown
A manual for ambitious executives is dangerously close to spreading neuromyths, says Steven Rose