The week in higher education - 5 September 2013
Universities are always trying to show that they provide a unique “student experience”. When students pay up to £730 a month for a room without a view save for a brick wall, mission accomplished. A...
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Curnock Cook tells elite of leaner ABB catches ahead
Fewer 18-year-olds and rise in BTECs could leave highly selective universities vulnerable, says Ucas chief
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Riordan queries fee subsidies for study outside Wales
New head of Higher Education Wales calls for review of funding to support students from deprived areas
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Hertfordshire’s head talks student recruitment strategies
Quintin McKellar discusses clearing, post-qualifications applications and tuition fees
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Joint research to be subject to US rules, admits ESRC chief
Washington’s ‘national interest’ restrictions on social science will affect bilateral projects
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Networks needed to help young scholars cross barriers
Early career academics seeking to do interdisciplinary work need more information and mentors, says Southampton’s Smurf group
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Georgetown’s Qatar outpost ‘illegal’, lawyer claims
US institution’s Doha venture is said to contravene its 1815 charter
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Iraq academy urged to build own path to quality
Report on Erbil conference highlights challenges facing Iraqi universities
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US explores how to increase diversity without prejudice
Universities are seeking alternatives to race-conscious admissions policy
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Virtual open days allow global pitches for students
Real-time online recruitment fairs cut costs and expand reach in the hunt for students
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North Kentucky more inspirational than the Ivy Leaguers
Felipe Fernández-Armesto on two undergraduates’ stairways to heaven (via Cincinnati)
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Cheating Lessons: Learning from Academic Dishonesty, by James M. Lang
The academy is turning a blind eye to plagiarism, an anonymous professor warns
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The Work of Revision, by Hannah Sullivan
David Gewanter on the Modernist urge to edit
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From Shame to Sin: The Christian Transformation of Sexual Morality in Late Antiquity, by Kyle Harper
Christianity undermined Roman sexuality by giving it a spiritual dimension, finds Candida Moss