Rewarding equality (2 of 2)
I agree with Dame Athene Donald that gender diversity matters, but I wonder if her proposal would have the desired effects ("Where is Physics Barbie?", 25 August).First, we do not know the importance...
I agree with Dame Athene Donald that gender diversity matters, but I wonder if her proposal would have the desired effects ("Where is Physics Barbie?", 25 August).First, we do not know the importance...
The illustrations accompanying the article on the mess of funding arrangements in the different parts of the UK filled me with dismay ("Toll barriers", 25 August): England is urban and modern;...
Universities will reap commercial and academic benefits by tapping into the skills of older people on lifelong learning courses, an academic has argued.
A major survey of online marketing to prospective international students has found that a “one size fits all” approach is unlikely to succeed, and that, for universities, a web presence is not a...

By Serena Golden, for Inside Higher Ed
The vice-chancellor of the University of Northampton has been accused of “dismissing” the work of administrative and support staff after redundancy plans were announced.
Most pupils planning to attend university from 2012 onwards are reconsidering their options due to the increase in tuition fees, according to a new poll.
The University of Aberdeen has become the first Scottish university to announce its tuition fees for undergraduates from the rest of the UK from 2012-13, charging £9,000.
Imperial College London has announced it is reviewing the award of a PhD to a former student after it emerged that the paper that formed the basis of his thesis is to be retracted.
Less than a third of British adults think a university education is worth £9,000 a year, while 59 per cent think two-year degrees are a good money-saving solution, according to an opinion poll.

They're here, they're square, they occasionally look like Brian Cox: Alice Bell and Adam Corner on the new-found cool of the science-minded, big-brained, increasingly self-confident geeks

Increased tuition fees could dramatically alter the flow of students around the UK, with many choosing not to travel outside their home country. David Matthews considers how the devolved nations...

The Führer and his absolute power forced Germans to fight on when all was lost, Jill Stephenson finds

Beliefs that now seem delusional made more sense in a doomsday context, says June Purvis
When J.H. Monk published his great Life of Richard Bentley in 1830, he could count on his readers' general knowledge of the scholarship he discussed. That knowledge has been largely lost, and in...