Your salary can make you sick
It seems clear that vice-chancellors in the UK are catching a bad case of what the Americans call “CEO disease” (“The big business of remuneration”, 3 April). A search on Google for “CEO disease”...
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The week in higher education - 10 April 2014
The compelling saga of how Queen Mary University of London (no comma, remember) should be abbreviated has reached a conclusion. In an email to staff on 4 April, principal Simon Gaskell said he had...
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Budgeting rules adjusted to manage costs of student loans
Change in guidance meant to ‘incentivise’ BIS to check long-term costs
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Schools must work with universities to ensure optimal teacher training
School Direct needs collaborations, not a ‘them and us’ attitude, forum hears
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Glyndwr students report teaching gripes and more visa threats
International students complain of ‘inadequate’ teaching while hearing their visa sponsorship could again be in jeopardy
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ID from medical data could spark ‘crisis’
Researchers face ‘ethics’ scandal over security of records, warns computer scientist
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Satisfy your morbid interests at Barts Death Salon
Death and its contributions to our culture are the topic of a London event
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Warwick exposé helped bring it success
Students’ revelation of university’s clandestine activities worked in its favour long-term
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Campus close-up: Heriot-Watt University
Scotland’s ‘international university’ is investing in growth at overseas and domestic sites
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Teutonic tutors slide down ‘income pyramid’
Decline in German professors’ pay over a century
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Magnetic north plans to reset the cultural compass
Umeå University aims to gain from its host city’s Capital of Culture status
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Universities risk missing out on higher apprenticeships
Revamped schemes could bypass institutions unless they get aboard, sector warned
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From seed to blossom: policy efforts bear fruit
Jayne Mitchell seizes the chance to see her work at QAA in practice in a new role at East Midlands institution. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments
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Untie the mavericks
Felipe Fernández-Armesto bristles at the stifling effect of peer review