THE podcast: 13 February 2014 issue review
Download the podcastThe effectiveness of university outreach activities, the 2014 grant letter, our regular HE & Me section and Germany’s U-turn on tuition fees are all discussed in this week...
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Graham Baldwin to be next Southampton Solent v-c
Southampton Solent University has named Graham Baldwin as its next vice-chancellor
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I Spend, Therefore I Am: The True Cost of Economics, by Philip Roscoe
Michelle Baddeley on an exploration of what makes us tick
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Germany’s great tuition fees U-turn
Could England force a similar reversal? Howard Hotson asks
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13 February 2014
Convolutionary tale - Does Germany’s U-turn on fees hold lessons for the UK?
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Data privacy change could be a bitter pill
Proposed European reforms could stymie UK health research, says MRC head
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Poor aren’t making inroads into elite universities
Contrast between their chances and those of the rich are unchanged since late 1990s, Offa finds
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Former member’s misconduct causes third retraction for lab
Image manipulation has forced retraction of Oxford unit’s Cell Metabolism paper
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Raw deal for BME students?
Do black, Asian and minority ethnic students get value for money from our top universities?When selecting the university they believe will provide them with the best student experience and a degree...
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Following the Leader: Ruling China, from Deng Xiaoping to Xi Jinping, by David M. Lampton
Jonathan Mirsky on a selective view of the Chinese political elite
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Institute of Education will bring ‘healthy dowry’ to UCL marriage
Proposed merger is for academic reasons, not to cut costs, insists UCL provost
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Early career academics make mark on REF
Fewer outputs in assessment exercise as analysis of submission data reveals impact of new criteria
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Blob rule turns up the heat
Unscrupulous operators should be unmasked, but using them to tar all the sector causes damage without tackling vital issues
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Making online teaching click
Why classroom veteran Dale Salwak waited 17 years to join the digital pedagogues
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Malcolm McVicar on human rights, buffer zones and 'girlie bars'
Uclan group chief executive officer discusses how the university’s planned campus in Sri Lanka can be a force for good