Call to use Carnegie Classification in UK
US analysis of institution’s diverse missions can supplement ‘simplistic’ league tables focusing on research, says scholar
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Iran’s persecuted Baha’is are fighting for education
Iran’s attacks on institute serving the persecuted community are highlighted. Matthew Reisz writes
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Realistic expectations keep you on the path to a PhD
Isolation is part of the experience, but peer support groups and co-working can combat loneliness and quell students’ self-doubt
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Film shows fight for education by Iran’s Baha’is
To Light a Candle documentary spotlights work of underground Baha’i Institute for Higher Education in face of persecution
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The right woman for the job?
Institutions offering women-only posts have drawn criticism…and a fair number of male applicants
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USS reforms
UUK’s proposed hybrid scheme could result in losses of £20,000 a year
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Reading music
The interview with Stuart Dunlop, the director of music at the University of East Anglia (HE & Me, 4 September), contained the very encouraging suggestion from Dunlop that “it [the university...
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News in brief
Disabled Students’ AllowanceClark delays cuts until 2016The government has postponed controversial cuts to the Disabled Students’ Allowance until 2016-17. Greg Clark, the universities, science and...
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The week in higher education
The University of Nottingham’s vice-chancellor will look for answers after fire destroyed a £20 million chemistry laboratory
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'Gay friendly' UK universities named
Six universities have scored full marks in an assessment of how gay friendly the UK’s higher education institutions are.
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Salmond pressed St Andrews head on research comments
Alex Salmond pressed the principal of the University of St Andrews to tone down her remarks about the impact of Scottish independence on research.
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NUS to hold "free education" demo
The National Union of Students has voted to hold a national demonstration in support of “free education”.
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EU states urged to progress on Europe-wide research area
Country-level reforms are the next stage needed in the development of a Europe-wide research area, according to a new report.
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Nottingham v-c looks for answers after fire destroys £20 million lab
The University of Nottingham aims to rebuild a lab destroyed by fire, as its vice-chancellor looks for answers on “why the devastation was so total”.
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Video: I love my university because...
Five videos shortlisted for World University Rankings 2014-2015 video contest