Handgun permits held by ‘about 5 per cent’ of US university leaders
Around 5 per cent of US university presidents hold a permit to carry a concealed handgun, according to a survey of 401 college leaders.
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THE podcast: 5 June 2014 issue review
Download the podcastThe possible resignation of a journal’s editorial board, the US universities turning to private firms to recruit overseas students, and the University and College Union congress...
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Place-hacker Bradley Garrett: research at the edge of the law
Bradley Garrett, whose fieldwork was seized and used in court against the urban explorers he studied, says researchers need clear support
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Resignations threat over Taylor & Francis ‘censorship’
Editorial board of journal could quit after debate on publishing suffers delay
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Strike ballot at King’s College London over proposed job cuts
Up to 120 positions to be lost across three health schools
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How Not to Be Wrong: The Hidden Maths of Everyday Life, by Jordan Ellenberg
Tony Mann enjoys a fresh application of complex mathematical thinking to commonplace events
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Students spend more time studying
The amount of time that students spend in class and studying alone each week on average has increased over the past eight years
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Delegation to the Gaza Strip labelled risky and wasteful
UCU congress approves plan to send information-gathering group but cost and safety concerns are raised
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Congress says ‘no’ to notion of a little local lift
Motion to allow staff at better-off institutions to arrange extra pay voted down at UCU congress
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Queen’s University Belfast’s ‘Vision’ draws UCU alarm
Union warns of negative consequences of ‘radical’ budgetary oversight and professorial pay reforms sent to Senate
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UK R&D investment: value for money, but too little money?
New UCL professor Graeme Reid, formerly BIS’ head of research funding, points to public support for science investment
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Don't wait until students graduate, fundraisers told
Emulate US institutions’ efforts to ‘shape lifelong donors’ while they are still undergraduates, Case report says
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Campus close-up: University Campus Suffolk
UCS is finalising plans to become a fully fledged university
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Academic freedom is being constricted, scholar says
Matthew Reisz talks to Sunaina Maira, editor of The Imperial University: Academic Repression and Scholarly Dissent
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Chile offers warm welcome to overseas students
Learn Chile project launched to attract students from abroad