'Give students a voice in decision-making process,' NUS leader urges
Student unions, rather than a "state-controlled" agency, should hold the power to ratify university tuition fee levels, the president of the National Union of Students has argued.
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To spoon-feed is not to nurture
Increase in students 'puzzled' by independent learning is fuelling crisis, writes Sarah Cunnane
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A programme shared is a problem halved
Universities could increasingly use the same degree programmes as they share services to save money, the vice-chancellor of London Metropolitan University has suggested.
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Families may move to escape fees hike
Hefce warns of a cross-border exodus that could distort local economies. David Matthews writes
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UCL has sights set on new East End home
Bloomsbury institution's £500 million 'masterplan' includes campus near Olympic site. John Gill reports
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Merger sees controversial dean land senior role
The dean of a specialist institution who presided over a controversial decision to merge with University College London has been appointed to a senior role at the large research-intensive university.
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Weighty ambitions
The EPSRC's new strategy intends to strengthen research to attract extra funding in future, explains David Delpy
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Rules of engagement must be embraced for a long, happy future
Universities need to learn how to present themselves and their work to the public to ensure mutual understanding, says Paul Manners
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New Galleries of Ancient Egypt and Nubia
Christina Riggs takes a clockwise tour around an exhibition that draws on fresh ways of thinking about Nile Valley civilisation
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Diary
SouthamptonTerry Smith: ParallaxProlific, committed and quietly subversive, Terry Smith is a major British artist who consistently works under the radar of the mainstream. He claims to have "no...
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The Pick - Gesamtkunstwerk: New Art from Germany
Gesamtkunstwerk: New Art from GermanySaatchi Gallery, London, until 30 April 2012Dirk Bell's Abgrund (Abyss) is an oil portrait of a naked woman seen from behind, her body pink against a white...
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'Professors are born' - shock claim
According to one of our leading academics, Professor Gordon Lapping of the Department of Media and Cultural Studies, the recent report on the professoriate by the Leadership Foundation for Higher...
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TV review: Imagine: Alan Ayckbourn - Greetings from Scarborough
Alan Ayckbourn's plays are full of gentle humour and sharp insights into all human life, says Gary Day
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Film review: The Deep Blue Sea
Philip Dodd finds moments to cherish in Terence Davies' meditation on a tortured relationship
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Gordon Higginson, 1929-2011
An academic with "unfailing warmth and courtesy", Gordon Higginson's nine-year tenure as vice-chancellor of the University of Southampton left a legacy that is still evident throughout the...