The international activities of UK universities have created a “highly knowledge-intensive export industry” and are a prime example of innovation in the public sector – but government funding cuts...
By Kevin Kiley, for Inside Higher Ed
A joint mission to Brazil is taking place this week, the first step of a groundbreaking partnership between the universities of Birmingham and Nottingham.The two institutions, which collectively have...
About 190 support-staff jobs are at risk at De Montfort University, prompting warnings that students will shun institutions seen as having “cheap and cheerful” support services.The university has...
A controversial merger between two University of London colleges is to take place after the governing body of the School of Pharmacy approved a plan to become part of University College London from...
London Metropolitan University is to cut nearly 100 administration jobs and close two libraries in the latest blows at the institution.London Met staff yesterday received an email from Paul Bowler,...
Lewis Dartnell considers the theory that complex life on our planet owes its existence to the Moon
Janet Todd discovers a few gems among some fictitious revelations from deceased authors
Paul Scheffer is renowned for his seminal 2000 article "The multicultural drama", which sparked a debate in Dutch politics on immigration and integration. He wrote of a lenient, generous Dutch people...
Whether or not we have ever travelled there, we all "know" the old American South: the South of Gone with the Wind, Show Boat, Uncle Remus and Aunt Jemima. Karen Cox's Dreaming of Dixie shows us how...
Entice gamers to tackle real-world problems? It's not a far-fetched idea to Harold Thimbleby
The humanities have long been the target of criticism for becoming too obscure, theoretical and self-reflective. These attacks seem unfair, although we humanists also know it is our job to change the...
Power is in the administration of everyday things, and nowhere is this epigram of Max Weber more evident than in the impenetrable jungle of international organisations. Frank Vibert's book provides a...
Report finds that a focus on content does not address students' needs. Matthew Reisz writes
Crisis has taught one v-c to prize civic engagement above academic reputation, Hannah Fearn hears