Inside Higher Ed: ‘No more plan B’
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Universities may lose 6,000 student places to FE colleges, Labour says
Up to 6,000 undergraduate places that are being auctioned off to low-cost institutions will go to further education colleges rather than universities, the Labour Party has claimed.
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World University Rankings 2010-11 methodology
Robust, transparent and sophisticated Phil Baty explains how in-depth consultation with the global academic community has produced the most exact and relevant world rankings yet devised It is, of...
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Cambridge and Oxford savage higher education White Paper
The government has come in for fierce criticism from the universities of Cambridge and Oxford in strongly-worded submissions to the White Paper consultation.
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Merger moves a step closer with plans for new university in South East Wales
The University of Wales, Newport, has responded to proposals for a radical contraction in the number of Welsh universities with plans for a new institution in the South East of the country.
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Gap between student incomings and outgoings widens
Many students face a shortfall of over £8,000 a year when state support is compared to the cost of living for the 2011-12 academic year, a new analysis suggests.
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Sources of illumination
Characterised by creativity and attuned to the needs of their age, the first European universities have important lessons for higher education today, says Miri Rubin
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Healthy, wealthy and wise
Pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms, the academy and the NHS all fall far short of their research potential. John Martin prescribes a radical plan to revive UK life sciences while funding...
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On Tolerance: A Defence of Moral Independence
Freedom withers if a culture of 'therapeutic censorship' flourishes, argues Mary Warnock
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A Martian Stranded on Earth: Alexander Bogdanov, Blood Transfusions, and Proletarian Science
Adept interlacing of three aspects of an influential Russian polymath impresses Yvonne Howell
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Sex, Wives, and Warriors: Reading Biblical Narrative with its Ancient Audience
Although the Bible is recognised globally as a fundamentally formative part of our culture, many people are increasingly unfamiliar with its stories. This refreshing rereading of some of the Bible's...
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Number-Crunching: Taming Unruly Computational Problems from Mathematical Physics to Science Fiction
I was just about to deliver this review of Number-Crunching by Paul Nahin, the electrical engineer and prolific popular science writer, when two news stories within 24 hours caused me to opt for a...
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The Arab Revolution: Ten Lessons from the Democratic Uprising
It may be too early for fresh scholarly insights on the Middle East uprisings, says Madawi Al-Rasheed
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The Strange Non-Death of Neoliberalism
Kevin Young assesses a persuasive analysis of the staying power of market-driven economics
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Milk: A Local and Global History
The history of humanity's engagement with milk is as much one of fear and revulsion as it is of pleasure and nutrition. For the Greeks and Romans, milk was for infants or to be poured on altars as...