Sum of our fears: peers decry maths standards
Universities need to toughen up the mathematical content of their entry requirements for science students if employers’ needs are to be met.
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Inside Higher Ed: Setting an Example
By Scott Jaschik for Inside Higher Ed
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Students should be excluded from net migration stats, say MPs
A cross-party group of MPs has said that students should be excluded from net migration statistics.
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Chemistry society turns subscriptions into gold
The Royal Society of Chemistry is to waive its open-access publication fees for researchers from universities that subscribe to all its journals.
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London Met's student visa licence suspended
London Metropolitan University has had its licence to recruit international students suspended by immigration officials.
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De Montfort takes plunge into bond market
De Montfort University has confirmed that it has secured funding from private investors via a £110 million public bond, with other universities expected to follow it into the bond markets.
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Cult of personalities
As the social science model of history has been overtaken by events, biography has grown as a serious discipline. This is welcome, says Jonathan Steinberg: after all, people make history (but not in...
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Sharing the podium
As UK universities welcome the world's elite athletes ahead of the London Games, hopes are high for a golden legacy of swifter innovation, higher-quality facilities and a stronger profile. Jack Grove...
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Interop: The Promise and Perils of Highly Interconnected Systems
Rapid advances in information technology have pressing implications for us all, finds John Gilbey
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Reclaiming Basque: Language, Nation, and Cultural Activism
Yesterday's linguistic avant-garde can become today's authoritarians, Jeremy MacClancy discovers
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Medicine, Morality and Political Culture: Legislation on Venereal Disease in Five Northern European Countries, c.1870-1995
Catching venereal disease is different from catching a cold. It's nastier, more intimate, raises suspicions, and makes you wonder why you were so stupid not to have safe sex, or why you had sex at...
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The Goldilocks Planet: The Four Billion Year Story of Earth's Climate
Summarising 4 billion years of Earth's climate history for a general readership is no mean feat and the authors of this book, two geologists at the University of Leicester, have achieved it very well...
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The War on Heresy: Faith and Power in Medieval Europe
A powerful history of 'Catharism' attests to the politicisation of heresy, argues Helen Castor
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Defending Politics: Why Democracy Matters in the Twenty-first Century
How robust is democracy in the 21st century? Using the framework from Bernard Crick's classic In Defence of Politics published 50 years ago, Matthew Flinders argues that democratic politics are at...
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Creativity and its Discontents: China's Creative Industries and Intellectual Property Rights Offenses
These days it is almost impossible to pick up a newspaper without coming across a news story relating to China's extraordinary rise and growing economic might. The figures are impressive: when Mao...