Bologna and the states of limbo
What might be done to support higher education systems in regions that are not recognised as states? asks Anne Corbett
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Lost in translation: confusion caused by differences between US and UK English in interpreting feedback
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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3 July 2014
Life after life - When scholars pass the baton of their papers and unfinished works
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Check your privilege, academics told
Warwick sociologist urges scholars to let go of their ‘sense of injury’ if they want to resist marketisation
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Visa fraudsters ‘preying on’ London branch campuses
UK parent institutions face questions over their procedures and monitoring of capital operations
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Spike in NSS ‘yea-sayers’ could weaken survey data
Hefce-commissioned report recommends adjusting questions to counter fears that survey is being filled in ‘without sufficient thought’
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Four priorities for slimmer HEA as workforce is halved
New workstreams, fewer events and push to attract subscribers could help organisation to achieve self-sufficiency, chief says
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Still Ours to Lead: America, Rising Powers, and the Tension Between Rivalry and Restraint, by Bruce Jones
Elizabeth Cobbs Hoffman on a shrewd analysis of the global order
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Crick Institute remark betrays Southern bias, fears v-c
Leeds v-c and former Hefce head Sir Alan Langlands ‘worried’ by George Osborne’s comments on science in the North
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Scots fear losing access to UK research council system
Paper reveals that university principals worry more about a common research area than English ‘fee refugees’
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A vote to leave the market
As an Englishman living in Scotland who has spent half his life in England and half in Scotland, I will be voting for independence on 18 September.I intend to vote this way not for nationalist...
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The New Emperors: Power and the Princelings in China, by Kerry Brown
Seven men rule the Middle Kingdom, but why them? Jonathan Mirsky on a study of Party potentates
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English language tests: poor preparation?
Foreign students in the UK need fluency, not just a certificate, says Karen Harris
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No logic in King’s College job cuts
Dorothy Bishop on the senseless purge at the Institute of Psychiatry
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Four things to know about venture capital-funded spin-offs
A $1 billion buyout of a UK biotech firm netted founder David S. Latchman just $709. He offers advice on seeking investors