Wishful thinking
Your obituary of my former colleague Wynne Godley (10 June) failed to mention his sense of humour. He would have smiled at your description of him as the director of the department of planned, rather...
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Spoof or serious?
Thanks to Martin Mills for pointing out the idiocy of the Blog Confidential columns ("Affair comment", Letters, 3 June). I am constantly torn between thinking "this must be a joke" and "is this meant...
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Tigers burning bright
Asian higher education is on the rise in a success story that is shaking up the global order. Simon Marginson explains the importance of the Confucian model to the region's progress, while Philip...
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A French revolutionary
Although his reforms have attracted criticism, Richard Descoings, the head of Sciences Po, tells Atossa Araxia Abrahamian that he is determined to fashion a modern, outward-looking institution with a...
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Mini-series
In an austere climate for publishing, one innovation is booming: brief studies of single films or TV shows. Diane Negra considers the commercial and scholarly implications
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17 June 2010
A pattern for success - Asia’s universities are honing a design to put them in the top rank
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Race and attainment
Hefce study identifies unexplained achievement gap between white and ethnic-minority students. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Too young for college? The US grapples with the issue of child geniuses
By David Moltz, for Inside Higher Ed
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Kill off quangos, capped fees, cheap loans and funding for teaching, urges think tank
Centre-right group’s alternative Budget presents its vision of a sector free from government control and funded by income from courses priced at their ‘true value’. Simon Baker reports
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Tara Brabazon: The world class is not enough
After considering criteria that demand work ‘well above world standard’, Tara Brabazon concludes that an era of interplanetary scholarship must be upon us
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Service and excellence recognised in Queen’s birthday honours
University heads and scientists prominent among higher education appointments. Rebecca Attwood writes
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Student complaints rise, but fewer are justified
The overseeing body warns of further increases to cases of grievance as the student experience and fees remain high on the agenda. Rebecca Attwood reports
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UCU threatens Sussex with strikes and academic boycott
Two one-day walkouts planned as the dispute over the university’s proposal to cut about 100 jobs continues. John Morgan reports
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Universities’ income from business grows
New report shows the sector is making the most of opportunities to collaborate and compete with industry, the public sector and charities. Hannah Fearn reports
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REFs and referees
As the World Cup hits fever pitch, Robin Hambleton hopes that UK academics who are hostile to professional, external assessment of the impact of their research will draw a few lessons from the...