Student loan costs could take further toll on sector
Government may be forced to regulate if too many institutions charge maximum. Simon Baker writes
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'This is not a riot': frustrated, cold and kettled until 11pm
John Morgan reports on the six hours of detention that greeted London fees protesters
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Lobbying by v-cs 'reduced budget cuts' and protected student numbers
The massive cut to the teaching budget could have been even greater, were it not for lobbying by vice-chancellors, because many in the coalition government believe there are "too many" students and...
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Scholarships may bring fiscal woe
Critics say coalition plan will be a disincentive to accept poorer students. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Wise words: nations must play the long game
Global summit hears that public spending on academy should not be cut. Sarah Cunnane reports from Doha
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Hold the anglophone? Korean director warns of lingua franca's local impact
The fashion for degree courses taught in English rather than local languages may be putting teaching quality at risk, a global higher education conference has heard.Speaking at the World Innovation...
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Size matters to students' grades
Research indicates that packed classes reduce academic attainment. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Submission fees could pave way to open-access future
Defray scholarly journals' peer-review costs with per-paper charge, study advises. Paul Jump writes
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Cash advance: Imperial to back others' spin-offs
The commercialisation arm of Imperial College London is to provide financial backing to entrepreneurial academics from other leading institutions.Imperial Innovations, which is a publicly listed...
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Looking beyond the pain principle
Dose of equality prescribed for 'masochistic' age of debt, UEL symposium hears. Matthew Reisz reports
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News in Brief
InternationalisationSpanning the globe by degreesMore than 1,600 organisations around the world offer UK higher education awards, a study has found. While 157 universities and other institutions in...
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Publish or be damned
Pressure to have research accepted by the 'right' journals in order to get on damages scholarship, warns Dennis Tourish
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Taking a leap in the dark with a radical experiment on funding
Now the fee rise seems certain, Peter Scott scrutinises the effects of the marketisation of higher education on supply and demand
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A World of Kin Unkind
Hytner's Hamlet seethes with family betrayals and Soviet-era political intrigue, writes Peter J. Smith
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The Pick - Home is where the art is
Europe House32 Smith Square, LondonEurope House, in the heart of Westminster, has just opened as the London base of the European Commission and the European Parliament - ironically, in a building...