University of Birmingham - From Brum to Beijing
PhD scholarships have been announced as part of the University of Birmingham's moves to expand links with China. It has set up 18 scholarships for Chinese nationals to study in Birmingham and has...
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Odds and quads
This mosaic made of bread, titled Host, was originally put on display in Winchester Cathedral as part of this year's Hyde900 festival celebrating the 900th anniversary of the foundation of nearby...
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Market shifts mean a bleak future for business schools
Ashridge leader notes waning student appetite for academic programmes. Hannah Fearn reports
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We don't need a government push, just rational regulation, says v-c
Surrey's head hopes for light-touch policies that leave institutions with their autonomy intact, writes Simon Baker
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News in Brief
IndiaA date with the AmericansThe US and India will hold a higher education summit next year as the two nations strengthen links. The three-day summit, to be held in Mumbai in July, was announced by...
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Shared vision results only in difference and indifference
Academic claims that Bologna has become a 'mission impossible'. Hannah Fearn reports
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Law clinics that go beyond theory face attacks
Law students in the US are finding their efforts to get hands-on experience stifled by the very sector they are trying to learn from, according to a report.Robert R. Kuehn, professor of law at...
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Grant Winners
EUROPEAN RESEARCH COUNCILStarting Grant competitionAlmost €580 million (£491 million) has been awarded by the ERC to more than 400 winners in its third Starting Grant competition. The awards, which...
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Blogconfidential: How to destroy another human being
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: How to destroy another human being
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Appointments
Syracuse UniversityMike WrightAn expert in entrepreneurial theory, who claims Bob Dylan is the world's greatest "serial entrepreneur", has been awarded a distinguished fellowship by a US university....
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The heart of good business
The arts inject ethics and creativity into the MBA curriculum, argues Stefano Harney; their demise would be disastrous
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Student riots, the first taste of the fruits of unbridled austerity
Peter Geoghegan argues that the coalition's policy of drastic cuts is flawed and heralds an upsurge of discontent not seen for decades
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Top European universities in Engineering
Top European universities in engineeringData provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, January 2000-August 2010Euro rankWorld rankInstitutionPapersCitationsCitations per...
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The week in higher education
After getting its hands on a "dossier of student misdemeanours" detailing disciplinary action at the University of Cambridge over a five-year period, The Daily Telegraph duly gave over most of page...
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New market, new rules: NUS signals consumer revolution
'Sticks, not carrots' required to regulate post-Browne academy. Rebecca Attwood reports