Boom times and golden goals
All eyes are on Brazil’s academy and its rising research output, generous funding and willingness to team up internationally in a bid to become a major player. Elizabeth Gibney reports from São Paulo...
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Leader: Can't cry wolf over all the howling
Paul Ramsden's attack on the critics of academic reform is entertaining but unfair: there are plenty of causes for concern
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London's falling
Geoffrey Alderman mourns the decline and seemingly inevitable disintegration of a once great democratic body
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Be here now, or else: lamentable effects of student 'presenteeism'
Forcing undergraduates to attend class retards their capacity to develop as mature, independent learners, warns Bruce Macfarlane
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Hang the expenses
In this age of austerity, delaying reimbursements owed to external examiners is inexcusable, opines Iain Stevenson
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Great big classes: 'we love 'em' - official
Our Deputy Head of Student Experience, Nancy Harbinger, has described research on student-to-staff ratios by Stephen Court as "dangerously misleading".Mr Court, a senior research officer at the...
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Top 10 in research Down Under are world-beaters
Ten Australian universities are performing “above the world standard” for research, including four performing “well above” world standard, according to an evaluation of Australian research.
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Managers are extending reach into research
A managerial culture is growing in universities as they “position themselves to align more systematically with government and industrial sectors”, a conference has heard.
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The benefits of immigration on the lab: more papers and citations
Internationally diverse departments outperform others, study finds. David Matthews writes
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PhDs in industry aren't failures, says Blakemore
The perception among science, technology, engineering and maths PhD students that any career outside academia is akin to failure is denying industry access to high-quality, PhD-educated employees, a...
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Outside the triangle, it's not so golden
Regions could be hurt by research concentration, conference told. Elizabeth Gibney reports
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THE Scholarly Web
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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From Where I Sit - Bologna, but with Asian spice
Europe is reshaping higher education through its Bologna Process, but it is not the only region to do so. A similar process is taking place on the other side of the world, but in a distinctly East...
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Interview - One man, two guvnors and a single vision
Paul Jump talks to Andrew Coats, go-to director for a game-changing approach to collaboration