Q&A with Una McCormack
We speak to the lecturer in creative writing at Anglia Ruskin University. Plus the latest higher education appointments
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Clifford Nass, 1958-2013
A much-loved professor renowned for his work on multitasking and the impact of technology on our lives has died
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News in brief - 21 November 2013
AustraliaDeregulation duo’s review briefTwo advocates of tuition fee deregulation have been picked to head the Australian government’s review of the country’s demand-driven university system. David...
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News in brief - 21 November 2013
Public engagementMuseum piece of the actionA report has set out the many contributions university museums make to teaching, research and national life more broadly. Impact and Engagement: University...
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Grant winners - 21 November 2013
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilResearch GrantsAward winner: Kenneth SawinInstitution: University of EdinburghValue: £657,292Dynamics and interaction of cell-polarity landmark...
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Could do better
Susan Bassnett’s account of the inadequacies of universities’ contribution to initial teacher training provoked much debate among my teacher educator colleagues – mostly about which of her assertions...
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Sterile debate
Vince Cable thinks that nurses having degrees is “just qualification inflation” (“Vince Cable slams ‘qualification inflation’ in ‘standard’ professions”, 13 November). It is unfortunate that he is...
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Independent conclusions
Gillian Evans makes some interesting observations in relation to the Higher Education Policy Institute report on regulation I wrote with Roger Brown (“Hepi hits the buffer”, Letters, 14 November)....
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V-cs come and go but staff keep discipline
While acknowledging that the chair of a university board of governors must always formally support the record of an outgoing vice-chancellor, the statement by Clive Jones, London Metropolitan...
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The week in higher education - 21 November 2013
The University of Cambridge has long been a recruiting base for would-be spies, but now it seems that it is students themselves who are the focus of espionage efforts, The Guardian reported on 15 ...
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Odds and quads - 21 November 2013
Images of pineapples can be found all over Wolfson College, Cambridge
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Open University to shut ‘outstanding’ PGCE course
Institution follows Bath and offers another worrying lesson for teacher training
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Gender breakdown by subject area
The gender make-up of the student population in different subject areas has been highlighted in a Department for Education report