World in brief - 24 April 2014
United StatesASA’s Israel boycott boosts membershipThe American Studies Association, an organisation that promotes the study of American culture and history, has increased its membership by more than...
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Sigbert Prais, 1928-2014
An economist who specialised in looking at the causes of low productivity in the UK has died
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Q&A with Baroness Scotland of Asthal
We speak to the chancellor of the University of Greenwich
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A premier notion
Georgina Edsel, Poppleton University’s deputy head of brand management (“New name for ‘Bottom Russellers’ ”, The Poppletonian, 17 April) is definitely thinking along the right lines in proposing a...
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A lesson worth learning
It is useful to learn from Hazel Christie’s thoughtful review of Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III and Mark A. McDaniel (Books, 3 April) that...
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Spurring social change
Malcolm Gillies (“Wedding toast”, Opinion, 3 April) is prudent to emphasise the fact that discrimination is still alive and kicking in our universities.However, we must remember that we live in a...
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Global STEM students
I am delighted that the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has called on the government to make substantial changes to UK migration policy to reverse the declining trend in international...
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Cold spot?
I was surprised and disappointed to hear that David Willetts, the universities and science minister, labelled Yeovil an “obvious cold spot” for higher education in a speech to the Universities UK...
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Transforming the tariff
Ucas points have served us well for more than 10 years. The tariff helps universities to attract and make offers to the widest possible range of students, and the inclusion of the average entry...
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Refusing to recognise market is of no use
Simon Marginson writes interestingly as ever (“There’s still no such thing as a higher education market”, Opinion, 10 April), here arguing that UK higher education does not (and probably should not...
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Grant winners - 24 April 2014
Leverhulme TrustResearch Project GrantsSocial sciencesAward winner: David Ceri JonesInstitution: Aberystwyth UniversityValue: £115,5George Whitefield (1714-70) and transatlantic ProtestantismAward...
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The week in higher education - 24 April 2014
A “racist” swan is terrorising international students at the University of Warwick. The Daily Telegraph reported on 11 April that the bird has taken to policing a footbridge on Warwick’s campus, and...
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A little lift could help everyone
Postgraduate study is a financial struggle for most, and low pay for graduate teaching assistants does nothing to alleviate it
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Double or quits
“It’s an extraordinarily exciting time for all those with a deep intellectual interest in the philosophy of branding.”That was how Georgina Edsel, our Deputy Head of Brand Management, responded to...