Appearances are deceptive
The German government minister who was accused of plagiarism really just wants to be loved, claims Christopher Reid
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In the race to the top, quality R&D is a must - but who will pay for it?
Steve Smith discusses the fundamental dilemmas that knowledge economies face over funding mass education systems and research
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Postech: digital edition
Taking inspiration from the top US universities has encouraged this South Korean institution to reach for the stars.
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Popular front
Is the prolific writer and broadcaster Niall Ferguson a 'proper' historian? The Scot tells Matthew Reisz that reaching a mass audience is a serious business - but not as serious as the decline in...
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Diary
Charleston, East SussexGarden FestivalCharleston, the residence of painters Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, was the country home-from-home for the whole Bloomsbury Group. The house has long hosted a...
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The Pick - Watteau: The Drawings
Watteau: The DrawingsSackler Galleries, Royal Academy of Art, LondonJean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) is best known for paintings of dreamy mythological scenes and aristocratic picnics known as fêtes...
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Czy mówisz po Polsku?
Brian Bryan, our Deputy Head of REF Strategy, has defended Hefce's decision to omit Polish and Portuguese speakers from its new modern languages subpanel for the research excellence framework.He...
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Sheena Grant, 1941-2010
Through her work as a local champion of the rights of the lowest-paid staff in higher education, Sheena Grant also became a national figure in the trade union movement.She was born in Aberdeen on 14...
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TV review: Dispatches: Britain's Secret Fat Cats
Gary Day asks what is meant by the Big Society when the government seems intent on dismantling it
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Film review: The Housemaid
An unbelievable, unerotic thriller may still appeal to viewers' sense of silliness, concludes Duncan Wu
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Odds and quads
This sculpture of a kangaroo, located incongruously near the entrance of the library at Stockholm University, is the work of Torsten Renqvist (1924-2007).
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Research intelligence - Leave it to the select few
The majority of UK universities should pull out of research, according to Phil Willis. Paul Jump reports
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From where I sit - Warrior scholars' long, hard battle
In recent weeks, conversations about higher education have focused primarily on rising tuition fees. Although the decision to pursue higher education is clearly affected by the cost of tuition,...
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Campus round-up
IoE/East London/SheffieldImagination still alive and wellComputer games, pop music and television are enriching rather than destroying the imaginative games that children play, according to a study....