Chávez's socialism at the heart of the system
Venezuela’s revolution will not die with its leader, but will live on in its academy, says Mike Cole
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Refugee academic seeks safety and financial support
David Matthews meets a Syrian doctoral student at a UK university who is struggling to secure her future
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Teaching intelligence: Contact hours and student engagement
In the second of a series surveying research evidence about teaching and learning, Graham Gibbs concludes that the best learning is done in small classes involving personal interaction with teachers
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Australia’s drive for international students
Asia is the focus of new pathways to study, says Malcolm Gillies
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RCUK fails to end ‘green’ embargo confusion
Revised open-access guidance leaves unanswered questions
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George Catlin, American Indian Portraits
Padraig Kirwan reviews an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery
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US historians defend their discipline
Scholars in arts and humanities departments vulnerable to subsidy cuts are fighting back. John Marcus reports
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Phoenix feels heat over probation threat
Accreditation change could leave US for-profit’s finances in ashes. John Morgan writes
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Botmeh suspension lifted by London Met
A university research manager suspended over his prior conviction for the bombing of the Israeli Embassy has been told he can return to work.
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Government criticised over research commercialisation
UK businesses are being failed by the government’s lack of a “coherent strategy to support the commercialisation of technological innovation in the UK”, MPs have said.
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MP triggers homeopathy dispute at science committee
There is no case for further scientific investigation into the “manifestly nonsensical” mechanism by which homeopathy is supposed to work, the government’s outgoing chief scientific advisor has said.
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Cameron rules out overseas student change
The Prime Minister has rejected calls to withdraw overseas university students from the government’s target to reduce net migration, saying the move “would not make any difference to our student...
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Many graduates ‘would have preferred apprenticeships’
More than three quarters of recent university graduates were not told about apprenticeships or vocational training routes before leaving secondary education, a survey has revealed.
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Rick Trainor to step down as King’s principal
Rick Trainor is to step down as principal of King’s College London in October 2014 after 10 years in charge at the central London institution.
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Inside Higher Ed: Ghosts of Hate Crimes Past
By Allie Grasgreen, for Inside Higher Ed