Cavalier attitudes lead to uncivil practices in vivas
Susan Bassnett wonders why PhD examining is still so amateurish and inconsistent in English universities
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Repay ‘unlawful’ strike deductions, says UCU
Union threatens action over subtraction of a day’s pay for a two-hour walkout
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Pfizer takeover bid raises fear for university-industry links
Academic proposes biomedical public-private partnerships to protect the ‘R&D ecosystem’ from commercial affairs
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Public workforce training under pressure
How are universities dealing with upheavals in the training of key workers, from teachers and nurses to police officers and social workers?
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Bubble bursts on economist’s ‘alternative’ course
Lecturer’s contract not renewed after he set up out-of-hours module to broaden curriculum
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Are students learning partners or litigants with big sticks?
Consumer legislation will provide tools to ‘whack’ universities, Westminster Higher Education Forum hears
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After the pay deal, UCU fights on
An assessment boycott has been dropped, but fair pay is still a long way off, says general secretary Sally Hunt
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15 May 2014
Front-line battles - The challenges of training key workers
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Grant winners - 15 May 2014
Leverhulme TrustInternational Network GrantsSciencesAward winner: Istvan BallaiInstitution: University of SheffieldValue: £108,980Instabilities in partially ionised prominence plasmasAward winner:...
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Q&A with Kate Auty
We speak to the new vice-chancellor’s fellow at the University of Melbourne, a former commissioner for environmental sustainability in Victoria
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THE Scholarly Web - 15 May 2014
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Sir David Bell, Hetta Elizabeth Howes, David Milne, Stephen Senn and Peter J. Smith...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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World in brief - 15 May 2014
United StatesJustices’ reaffirmative decisionThe US Supreme Court has upheld the right of states to prevent public higher education institutions from considering race in decisions about university...
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News in brief - 15 May 2014
Women in scienceWait three years and we’ll seeThe government may “consider further action” on increasing the number of women in scientific careers “if significant progress is not observed over the...