Internal Colonization: Russia's Imperial Experience
The phrases "internal colonisation" and "self-colonisation" have, through overuse, become associated with political correctness. Russia has long been both subject and object of colonisation....
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Confronting Managerialism: How the Business Elite and Their Schools Threw Our Lives Out of Balance
All mighty historical upheavals are crises of belief and ideas. The present splitting open of neoliberal capitalism is no exception. What happens when an economic system and its political order reach...
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Re-engage public to help fill growing democratic deficit
New chair of Political Studies Association stresses discipline's key social role. Matthew Reisz reports
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Work the room? That's not my job - I'm a researcher, not a seller
Two-fifths of academics surveyed resent pressure to commercialise their work. David Matthews reports
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NUS: inductions should continue beyond 'hello'
Undergraduates should have study skills classes throughout their entire degree course rather than just a handful of sessions in their first year, the National Union of Students has said.
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News in brief
United StatesThou shalt not teach thisA US university has dropped plans to offer a course on how biblical principles can be applied to business management after objections from civil liberties groups...
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Unwelcome 1980s revival threatens Hungary's academy
Scholars say moves against critics and their families echo communist repression. Thomas Escritt writes
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Grant winners
CANCER RESEARCH UK• Award winner: Geoff Higgins• Institution: University of Oxford• Value: £741,000Investigation of the molecular basis of tumour radiosensitivityACTION MEDICAL RESEARCH• Award winner...
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HE bill's suspension won't derail reforms
The government's apparent move to suspend the higher education bill will not automatically derail the expansion of private provision, according to government critics and leading private institutions.
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Drop students from migrant tally, says UUK
Universities UK is lobbying the government to create a net migration count that excludes university students from abroad - with some billing it as the only way for the government to hit its target to...
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Shared mission, but still different
Growth in foreign students shows 'convergence', but sector's diversity remains. Simon Baker writes
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Language gift keeps giving, EU students keep taking
Mission groups blame school policy for Britons' lack of linguistic enthusiasm. Jack Grove reports
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Back-up plan mitigates risk of double trouble
Academic work that is entered into the research excellence framework as worth "double" a normal submission can, in every discipline, be accompanied by a "reserve" option in case reviewers do not...
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Academics fear Continental drift as support shifts to UK for OU students
Maintaining lecturers in Europe 'expensive and inefficient', minutes say. Simon Baker reports
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Radio astronomer unfairly dismissed, tribunal finds
A scientist was forced to leave his job at the University of Manchester after being subjected to a "barrage of shouting and verbal abuse" by a senior professor, a tribunal has ruled.