#LoveHE: When music comes to mind
It wasn't just the clubbing: the psychology degree and skills gained at university come in handy as a DJ, says Nemone
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Paying for a course doesn't mean students can buy a degree
To maintain our high standards of education, we must enforce the most elemental requirement: attendance. Adrian Quinn writes
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Test of courage
A bleak film about a teenager's hopeless struggle to save her family is totally convincing, writes Duncan Wu
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The Week in Higher Education
The current debate over graduate tax has proved the old adage that a week is a long time in politics. Just days after the idea was mooted by Vince Cable, the Liberal Democrat business secretary, came...
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29 July 2010
Boom then bust? - UK may pay high price for escalating overseas fees
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Tara Brabazon: Take note as another learning discipline slides away
After exam boards have been conducted, letters signed and mailed to students, external examiners thanked and supplementary assessments created, there is a moment – a fracture in time – where...
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US fights to take back the power in the overseas market
Universities use cash, partnerships and recruiters to make up lost ground. Jon Marcus reports
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A Critique of the Cuts
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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UKBA reimposes language restrictions on foreign applicants
The UK Border Agency has reintroduced language restrictions on overseas students applying for visas, a move that could have knock-on effects for universities.
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BPP wins university college status as David Willetts acts on pledge to boost private providers
BPP College of Professional Studies has become the first private provider to be awarded the university college title for more than 30 years.
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National strike looms as union says signals on talks with employers are ‘not good’
Higher education’s first national industrial action since 2006 is “very likely” and plans are being drawn up for a September ballot, the University and College Union has said.
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Fredrics cleared of harassment charge
An academic has been cleared of harassing his former vice-chancellor via a “satirical whistleblower website” – but has been convicted of a public order offence relating to a meeting between the two.
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And yet it works
The researchers have been exonerated, but details revealed in Climategate led some to demand radical reform of the culture of science. Adam Corner argues that although there is scope for more...
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A bona fide dispute
A paper scrutinising the academic credentials of people on both sides of the climate change debate has riled almost everyone. Darrell Ince considers the faults of a nonetheless important work
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Ant Encounters: Interaction Networks and Colony Behavior
Zhanna Reznikova examines the world of numerate and community-minded six-legged wonders