World in brief - 13 November 2014
Source: AlamyUnited StatesFree tanning beds available at colleges despite health riskAlmost half of the top ranked universities in the US (48 per cent) have tanning beds on or near campus, according...

Source: AlamyUnited StatesFree tanning beds available at colleges despite health riskAlmost half of the top ranked universities in the US (48 per cent) have tanning beds on or near campus, according...

A historian who pioneered new approaches to gender, women’s and social history has died

We speak to the Apprentice star about the importance of MBAs, running a football club and working with Lord Sugar

Student loansNothing to see here: governmentThe government has ruled out an “urgent” review of the sustainability of the student loans system despite being advised to do so by a group of MPs. In a...
Out of interest, why do we need to know where John Gill took Sir Steve Smith to lunch in London (“If you want thanks and love, get a dog”, Interview, 6 November)? And why do we need to know what was...
Although female academics who spoke at the Australasian Evolution Society conference spoke for less time than their male counterparts, because more of them spoke, the average female academic attendee...
Research Councils UK welcomes the Association of Research Managers and Administrators’ help in developing better interoperability in relation to collecting information on the outcomes of research...
The article on the decline in mature students (“Across the ages”, Features, 6 November) resonates with me.I left school at 16 and had a series of uninspiring office jobs. I went to night school to...
Perhaps, rather than being so keen to join in radically diminishing staff pensions, Universities UK might like to think more broadly and more long term about the unanticipated consequences of the...
I am writing to complain about how the University of Surrey is handling the University and College Union marking boycott. I am a final-year undergraduate and feel ashamed of the university that I...


Research from University College London that suggested migrants from the European Union had made a net contribution to the UK of £20 billion over the course of a decade was never likely to go down...

Policies on immigration often conflict with sector ambitions regarding overseas students and signal a turbulent spell ahead

Fear and loathing in the academy

Anne Corbett flags the ones to watch among commissioners for 2014-19