It is a popularity contest, sisters
Likeability, not competence, is the key to women assuming top posts. Sarah Cunnane reports
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Global elite looks set to be dethroned by the young rebels
Conference speakers analyse, attack and back world rankings, John Morgan reports
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UK and Chinese institutions need a cultural revolution to become true international attractions
British universities have work to do if they are to become truly international institutions, according to an expert at one of the UK's overseas pioneers.Christine Ennew, pro vice-chancellor for...
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FoI guidance aims to avoid 'Climategate' II
A task force is being established to draft a set of guidelines on how universities should respond to Freedom of Information Act requests in the wake of the "Climategate" affair.The University of East...
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Visa stranglehold chokes recruitment
Critics warn of impact on UK research as managers struggle with overseas quotas. John Morgan reports
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Pensions powwow set to begin as union offers alternative narrative
USS reforms on consultation agenda, but UCU aims to build opposition online. John Morgan reports
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Divided we fall
The sector needs agreement on pensions and job security if it is to resist savage coalition cuts, argues Sally Hunt
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Critical balance: the enterprising academy must retain its values
Mike Boxall and Paul Woodgates explain how universities can thrive despite mass retrenchment and pressure from private competitors
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7 October 2010
Kaleidoscopic vision - The pioneers shifting disciplinary boundaries
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Tara Brabazon: The unsustainable shock of the new
We all collude in the hype cycle that turns shiny ‘new media’ into forgotten, junk-generating ‘dead media’, and it’s time to look at the costs, argues Tara Brabazon
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Nobel wins ‘exemplars’ of UK excellence threatened by cuts, scientists claim
The UK’s second Nobel award in two days attests to the research excellence that will be endangered if the research budget is slashed in the forthcoming Comprehensive Spending Review, scientists have...
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Share the dream and state the case
To secure our future in hard times, we must make tough choices and ensure that society is aware of higher education’s value, argues Paul Marshall
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Inside Higher Ed: Transgender athletes, college teams
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Let scientists think, entrepreneurs create business opportunities and graduates pay more
Scientists must be liberated from the idea that they are “just cogs in an economic machine”, the Conservative Party conference has heard.
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Research identifies quintuple threat if fees cap is lifted
Degree-course fees are likely to escalate rapidly and could reach as much as five times the current sum if the existing cap is lifted, an education charity has warned.