6 September 2012
Go gonzo - Cast off the conventions of scholarly writing
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Slides and roundabouts
Sally Feldman on the pros and cons of a consultative management style
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Quantity and quality
Removing the cap on student numbers does not imply a collapse in standards, argues Steven Schwartz - just look at Australia
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The week in higher education
• How has the London Met visa ban played abroad? In short, terribly. "5,000 Pakistani students in UK face deportation in 60 days", screamed a Daily News headline on 31 August (the story mistakenly...
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Odds and quads
The wooden box contains the hands of David Low (1891-1963), the political cartoonist, cast in wax by Madame Tussauds in London.In 1933, when the waxwork was made, Britain's political cartoonists were...
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Market 'has not changed university hierarchy', says report
Introducing tuition fees of up to £9,000 will not change the hierarchy of British universities because applicants generally pick an institution based on its prestige and history, a new study suggests.
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Smells like techno spirit for new intake
They have never used an airline ticket, or had cause to consult a set of bound encyclopaedias, and regard point-and-shoot cameras as "soooooo last millennium".
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London Met takes legal action over visa licence
London Metropolitan University is to take legal action to challenge the revocation of its licence to admit international students, saying it has a duty to the higher education sector to challenge the...
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City University wrongly connected with London Met crisis
A translation error by Chinese news agencies has dragged another higher education institution into the London Metropolitan University visa controversy.
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Grading Clout?
By Alexandra Tilsley, for Inside Higher Ed
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UEL opens doors to London Met students
The University of East London has set up a hotline for London Metropolitan University students, in a bid to attract those facing deportation in the wake of the visa scandal.
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UK sector will take hit from London Met visa scandal, senior figures warn
The decision to strip London Metropolitan University of its licence to recruit overseas students has implications “for the whole UK sector”, according to the vice-president of Universities UK.
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Reassuringly expensive
Fees needn't mean the end of scholarly values, argues Felipe Fernández-Armesto. For his US students, putting a price on learning just makes it more desirable
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Animals Erased: Discourse, Ecology and Reconnection with the Natural World
Christopher Belshaw prefers the style to the substance of this 'alternative' approach to wildlife
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Care to Dare: Unleashing Astonishing Potential Through Secure Base Leadership
Leadership is a contested paradigm, and that is about the only thing upon which leadership scholars and practitioners usually agree. Many learned and experienced people have sought, over decades if...