Alumni learning a serious business
Global survey shows how alma maters can connect with MBA crowd. David Matthews reports
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News in brief
Open accessFinch formulaThe Academy of Social Sciences plans to host a major conference looking at how implementing the Finch review on open access will affect the arts, humanities and social...
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Hey, torpid teacher training colleges, leave those kids alone
Roehampton director calls for bonfire of providers with a sense of entitlement. John Elmes reports
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News in brief
United StatesTake a hike? Have 21The head of a US higher education system has had to backtrack after he "mistakenly" ordered 21 salary increases for system executives without the board's approval....
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Righting past prejudice heaps up problems for the present
South Africa reaches 'tipping point on unbalanced affirmative action'. David Matthews reports
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Grant winners
ACTION MEDICAL RESEARCHResearch grantsAward winner: Cathy HillInstitution: University of SouthamptonValue: £199,752Down's syndrome and obstructive sleep apnoea: better screening might stop...
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Quantitative easing
The UK's data-skills gap must be filled for the good of the social sciences and society at large, argues Ian Diamond
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Pack a moral compass when branching out or risk losing your way
Bruce Macfarlane asks UK universities involved in the overseas gold rush: what price profit if you abandon your values?
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A necessary monster
As long as Ian Brady lives, he serves a useful function for society, argues Lisa Downing - as a convenient cultural repository for evil
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Affluent neighbours obscure true number of poor put off by fees
Experts say many young people deterred by fear of debt are missed by Polar data. Jack Grove reports
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Put bursary funds in pupils' pockets to improve access, Milburn says
Universities should take millions of pounds set aside for bursaries and tuition-fee discounts for poor students and use it to fund a new education allowance for teenagers, a report says.The study by...
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Global outrage over suspension
Chomsky among those decrying the removal of a Manchester Met professor. Jack Grove writes
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Capital idea, but we'll be buried if the market crashes
Dissenters raise concerns over Cambridge bond issue's property element. John Morgan reports
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Cash for quantitative and qualitative change
A £15.5 million fund aimed at promoting the teaching of quantitative social science has been unveiled.Departments or groups of departments will be able to bid for up to £350,000 a year over the next...
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Share of the public piggybank
UK elite's proportion of income from state sources