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University of StirlingKathleen JamieKathleen Jamie is a poet in motion as she moves to the University of Stirling to take up a chair in creative writing. Professor Jamie began creative writing while...
University of StirlingKathleen JamieKathleen Jamie is a poet in motion as she moves to the University of Stirling to take up a chair in creative writing. Professor Jamie began creative writing while...
Study finds female lecturers bear the brunt but also report it more often. Sarah Cunnane writes

At a time when public finances were in a dire state and much of the country was still badly bomb-damaged, the 1951 Festival of Britain provided a perfect "tonic for the nation".
British universities have embraced "the rhetoric of internationalisation" without understanding the crucial need for languages and inter-cultural awareness, a professor has claimed.Colin Grant, pro...

Deaf to the world - The price Britain pays for its monolingualism, and what universities should do about it
Across the academy, scholars must stand by their colleagues, especially those deemed ‘non-priority’, and assert the value of all subjects in enriching our lives, argues Keith Burnett
The CSR proposes shifting the burden of university spending from the state to the student. The academy must probe coalition weaknesses and stop the plans before it’s too late, argues Pam Tatlow
The CSR’s savagery is the latest chapter in a narrative first articulated by Labour: the neoliberal university. Andrew Blake writes
Higher education funding“It is hard to see the rationale behind slashing college and university budgets when they generate massive economic growth for the country and when the alternative is more...

Government funding for higher education is to be cut by 40 per cent over four years, suggesting that public funding for teaching in the arts, humanities and social sciences may come to an end.
The government has been warned of the potential for disastrous consequences if it does not pause for thought before embracing Lord Browne’s proposals for reform of higher education while implementing...

In a time of shrinking funding, librarians’ savvy use of time- and space-shifting podcasts can aid diverse groups of students and scholars and highlight valuable resources, argues Tara Brabazon
What is “normal” for humans? Why do a cat’s eyes appear to glow in the dark?

By Doug Lederman, for Inside Higher Ed
Ten years of study with no sign of a degree points to an academy in crisis. Matthew Reisz reports