Canada toils to bring ‘ice age’ to an end
A new strategy seeks to inflate the country’s share of BRICS students. Jon Marcus reports
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Interview - John Cornwell weighs the worth of confession
Matthew Reisz meets a Catholic author who believes confession has value, but not for children
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Grant winners
Leverhulme TrustInternational Network GrantsSocial sciencesAward winner: Mary BosworthInstitution: University of OxfordValue: £123,210The Leverhulme international network on external border...
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Obituary - Suzanne Scotchmer
A theoretical economist whose pioneering analyses of “clubs”, patents, incentives and innovation provided important insights to lawyers and policymakers has died.Suzanne Scotchmer was born on 23...
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HE & me - Dame Wendy Hall
Dame Wendy Hall is professor of computer science and dean of the Faculty of Physical Science and Engineering at the University of Southampton. She is known for being one of the first computer...
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THE Scholarly Web - Love is all around
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Jobs intelligence - Premier league transfer
‘Inspirational’ pro vice-chancellor will help lead university as it expands from city centre base to new £450m campus. David Matthews writes
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Water, water everywhere. Why not ask an expert? wonders Phil Ashworth
Experts on flooding abound in the academy. Why are they ignored by government? asks Phil Ashworth
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Is the IoE wise to yoke itself to UCL?
Specialist institutions may find it difficult to go it alone in today’s academy but mergers may bring few benefits, says Miriam David
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It is time for philosophers to refocus, say John Kaag and David O’Hara
In the age of the bottom line, it is time for philosophy to refocus on what actually matters, argue John Kaag and David O’Hara
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Malcolm Gillies - Should London go it alone?
Does London need the rest of the UK? Malcolm Gillies weighs the evidence
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Letters
Students need a tough consumer advocateMartin McQuillan argues that the market for undergraduate higher education is broken and that Which? should step away from the role we have played as an...
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Team teaching stops the lone lecturer going stale
Interdisciplinary team teaching is rare in the UK, but Robert Zaretsky argues that crossing subject boundaries can help academics to stave off intellectual mustiness
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A market resting on shaky foundations
Viewing homes as assets to be traded is a failure that preserves inequality, finds Tim Hall
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