Practical inspiration (2 of 2)
Chris Ormell's "Ends and meanings" (Letters, 20 September) on Martin Willis' "Curiosity knows no bounds" (Features, 13 September) proposes science as an activity that tries to uncover the causes of...
Chris Ormell's "Ends and meanings" (Letters, 20 September) on Martin Willis' "Curiosity knows no bounds" (Features, 13 September) proposes science as an activity that tries to uncover the causes of...
If more undergraduate applicants are to feel confident that they will get value for money ("No one is escaping the mire", Leader, 20 September), universities should provide more detailed information...
Measure impact while research is under way, urge Jisc-funded studies. Elizabeth Gibney reports
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Allegations of cheating at Harvard might point to a deeper malaise, finds Jon Marcus
• Tributes from across the sector have been paid to Mike Baker, the former BBC education correspondent, who died this week. David Willetts, the universities and science minister, described him in a...
Budget forecasts suggest that higher education is still at risk from a government needing to find further savings
Political scientists are often sniffy about the role of the individual in politics and policymaking. But time and again, in studying what happens behind the scenes in European higher education...

A young Nick Hillman chose Manchester less for the university’s eminent historians than for the city’s glorious music scene - and despite the latter’s loathing for his Conservative heroine

These are among the 400 Japanese stencils (katagami) acquired by the Silver Studio, one of the UK's most influential design houses, in the late 19th century.
Monash/University of WarwickAndrew CoatsThe new academic alliance between Monash University and the University of Warwick has appointed Andrew Coats to the inaugural positions of academic vice-...
A private for-profit college has been prevented from taking on international students from London Metropolitan University because of concerns over quality.

Hole in the figures - Why student loan regime may not add up

A violent, drug-addled reworking of Star Wars is an authentic work by a controversial auteur but lacks the bite of his earlier films, argues Duncan Wu

Is the new student loans system an affordable, progressive system of graduate contributions - or a dodgy move to get debt off the books that could bring grave fiscal consequences? John Morgan sifts...