Let's get on the right Trac
Institutions must embrace Hefce's costing methodology if they are to get the funding they want, says Stuart Palmer
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Daytime TV: It's good to talk
Gary Day is bewildered by children who don't speak, and finds prairie dogs amusingly conversational
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11 February 2010
Bound and gagged - Threats to academic freedom from without and within
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Russell Group head grilled by MPs over claim cuts would set sector back 800 years
Michael Arthur stood firm on his view the UK would be unable to maintain its international competitiveness if finances are slashed. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Visa rules change but the door remains open
Non-EU students still able to pursue sub-degree qualifications. John Morgan writes
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MPs demand teacher training shake-up
Select committee wants higher entry requirements and an end to undergraduate-level provision. John Morgan reports
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The insecure scholar: A faint whiff of security
A positive start at a new university makes the possibility of finding the dream job more believable
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Take a number: applications to study rise 23%
Universities call for more funded places as recession intensifies competition for places.
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Catcher revisited
In the aftermath of J. D. Salinger’s death, Robert Segal looks again at the novel that made his reputation, and asks whether it is relevant today
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Two-tier system should replace ‘ramshackle’ university governance
Higher education expert to argue that current system falls between two stools and ‘will not do’. Melanie Newman reports
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‘Independent’ Oxford application exposes system’s weaknesses
First-year student who claimed to have more than ten A-grade A levels suspended while ‘discrepancies’ are investigated. Melanie Newman reports
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OU limits Clubcard fee-payment scheme to first years
Students protest at loss of financial aid. Melanie Newman reports
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Strike threat as job cut talks break down at Leeds
Vice-chancellor maintains compulsory redundancies are a ‘very last resort’
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Truth? There's the rub
Politicians and people profess to prize authenticity and integrity, but discerning the truthful person from the sincere but self-deceived and the dissembling is tricky. Simon Blackburn ponders...
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Extreme makeover
The University of Hong Kong has rebuilt its curriculum from the ground up to embrace 'experiential learning' and internationalism so as to produce 'global citizens'. Hannah Fearn reports