Salford UCU latest to back strike over pay docking
Move follows similar action at Liverpool and Bradford, while Ulster staff ask for their university to be ‘grey-listed’
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'10 ways to help poorer students into medicine' guide launched
Universities have been urged to use 10 key tactics to boost enrolment in medicine by students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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THE podcast: 13-19 November 2014 issue review
Download the podcastThe recruitment of students from the European Union, problems arising from post-publication peer review, and a musical lecture exploring the links between three individuals...
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Recruitment drive for EU students may crash loans system
Study Group says universities are ‘proactively’ seeking EU expansion
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Regular diet of metrics 'lite' may make full REF more palatable
Hefce submissions call for less onerous approach to research assessment
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Campus close-up: Teesside University
The decision to welcome Middlesbrough’s Mima art gallery into the university’s fold is expected to benefit both parties
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Germany aims to send 50 per cent of students abroad by 2020
Plans are part of industrial strategy to steal a march on other export-driven countries
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Brazil's main concern is research quality at its universities, says adviser
Rise in the number of private institutions is blamed for slipping standards
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Have your say on your working life
Employee review websites have the potential to change university cultures, says Alexandra Blakemore
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A Song of Good and Evil, by Philippe Sands
A musical lecture explores the links between three men connected by the Nuremberg trials, writes Matthew Reisz
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Peaceland: Conflict Resolution and the Everyday Politics of International Intervention, by Séverine Autesserre
Kristin M. Bakke on moving beyond standard intervention practice and involving local knowledge to end conflict
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The Language Myth: Why Language Is Not an Instinct, by Vyvyan Evans
Michelle Aldridge on a comprehensive presentation of the case that human verbal communication emerges from use
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Megan Crawford, Sir David Eastwood, Mary Ha, June Purvis and Peter J. Smith...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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The Girl Who Lived on Air: The Mystery of Sarah Jacob, the Welsh Fasting Girl, by Stephen Wade
Jane Shaw on the folkloric, religious and medical matters surrounding a child miraculously forgoing food
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Why Gender Matters in Economics, by Mukesh Eswaran
This text plugs a gaping hole and shows that successful economies need women who are free to succeed, writes Victoria Bateman