Huge growth in public funding at private colleges
The number of students at private colleges accessing public tuition fee loans more than trebled in just two years, a study says.
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THE podcast: 7-13 August 2014 issue review
Download the podcastThe secretive criteria of vice-chancellors’ pay, the importance of scheduling in relaxation time, David Willetts’ proposal that universities buy up their students’ debts and “...
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THE podcast: Louisiana State University
Download the podcast President and chancellor of Louisiana State University, F. King Alexander, and vice-president for finance and administration, Daniel Layzell, discuss report cards, state...
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Sinister buttocks? Roget would blush at the crafty cheek
Middlesex lecturer gets to the bottom of meaningless phrases found while marking essays
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V-cs’ pay rises even if student demand falls
THE analysis reveals no correlation between applications and leaders’ pay as performance targets remain shrouded in secrecy
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David Willetts’ loan book plan: smart business or half-baked?
Former minister’s proposal for universities to buy share of student debt has divided opinion
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Metrics critic sacked by Queen Mary University of London
John Allen, who wrote to The Lancet about the role of metrics in redundancies, has been dismissed for refusing to teach a course
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Break-up of union will be painful
The English are not seriously contemplating the effects of Scottish independence. They must, writes Danny Dorling
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Work less, do more, live better
Reconsider long working hours, says Patience Schell, for leisure is vital for mind, body and productivity
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The Language Hoax: Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language, by John H. McWhorter
Kerstin Hoge on a manifesto correcting the view that the language we speak affects how we think
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7 August 2014
Drift away - Why academics do better work with some rest and play
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Crowdsourcing to fund studies
It is becoming more common to ask members of the public to pay your fees, but is it acceptable?
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Appointments - 7 August 2014
The latest higher education appointments
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Q&A with Bashir Makhoul
We speak to the Palestinian artist and pro vice-chancellor (academic portfolio and market development) at Birmingham City University
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Norman Gibson, 1931-2014
A towering figure in Northern Irish higher education, notable for his “courage, integrity and independence of mind”, has died