The week in higher education
• Any concern that higher education is a low priority for the UK's coalition government will surely be banished by a new advertising campaign that counts universities alongside all things that make...
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29 September 2011
A necessary intervention - How to revive UK life sciences
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Expelliarmus debitum!
Harry Potter a metaphor for higher education? Kevin Fong explains - almost
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THE Scholarly Web
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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REF view too narrow, partially cited or not (1 of 2)
My colleague Andrew Oswald suggests that the use of journal league tables (based on citations and impact factors) would be better than the judgement of quality offered by research excellence...
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REF view too narrow, partially cited or not (2 of 2)
Andrew Oswald's juxtaposition of citation metrics and peer review is misplaced, not least because a decision by one academic to cite the publication of another is itself likely to be subjective....
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They deserve obliteration
In his letter last week ("Blame, a zero-sum game", 22 September), Matthew Huntbach writes: "As a left-leaning Lib Dem, I hate what this government is doing, but as a democrat I have to accept its...
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A nurturing environment
I want to correct a comment made by Uwe Schütte in his article about Max Sebald in describing the foundation of the British Centre for Literary Translation at the University of East Anglia, since I...
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‘What about the common good?’ Chaplains respond to White Paper
Forty university chaplains have signed a letter criticising the coalition government’s White Paper for seeing higher education in “highly individual” terms.
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Date set for strike at Middlesex
Two unions are set for strike action at Middlesex University over job cuts that some claim could reduce the workforce by 15 per cent.
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University of London v-c to step down
The vice-chancellor of the University of London has announced he is stepping down just one year into the post.
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Scottish university to offer three year degrees to help students cut costs
The University of Dundee is to introduce three year degrees to appeal to debt-shy undergraduates from England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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Political parties wrangle over facts and figures in Labour’s £6k fees plan
Labour’s plan to cap tuition fees at £6,000 would be of greatest benefit to graduates in their 50s earning £72,500 a year, according to an analysis.
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Inside Higher Ed: ‘Irvine 11’ found guilty
By Libby A. Nelson, for Inside Higher Ed
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Labour proposes £6k fee cap, but Conservatives smell a U-turn
The Labour Party would reduce the annual tuition fee cap to £6,000 if it were in power, Ed Miliband has said, in an apparent move away from favouring a graduate tax.