Tara Brabazon: Book to the future: how bookshops can survive
The internet does not have to spell disaster for the publishing industry: Tara Brabazon visits the San Francisco bookstore that holds out hope
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Axe hovers over Imperial’s faculty of medicine
Up to 130 jobs could go, UCU report claims. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Opinion: Unesco conference stresses importance of higher education in development
The Paris meeting provides an important forum for discussing key issues in improving university standards around the world. Laura E. Rumbley, Liz Reisberg and Philip G. Altbach report
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Gloria Monday: External pain
Behold the upholders of standards – megalomaniacs who can’t count, writes Gloria Monday
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Leading academic attacks tick-box science and politically correct quackery
Managerialism promotes the rise of ‘magic medicine’, says David Colquhoun. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Judicial mediation – a different approach to alternative dispute resolution?
In this article, we consider judicial mediation, a relatively new form of workplace dispute resolution, in which the employment judge acts as mediator. What is judicial mediation?Judicial mediation...
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‘Massification’ takes toll on professoriate standards
Academics lack qualifications because of spiralling global demand, Unesco warns. Phil Baty reports
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Arts University College Bournemouth - It's all in the name
The Arts Institute at Bournemouth has changed its name after it was awarded university college status and degree-awarding powers last year. It has adopted the title of The Arts University College at...
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University of Leicester - No 'lived in' feel for bridge
The mismanagement and financial problems that caused the downfall of London's last "living bridge" have been outlined in a new study. The University of Leicester research examines the history of...
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Nottingham Trent University - School's in for summer
Budding designers are being offered the opportunity to develop their skills at a summer school run by Nottingham Trent University's School of Art and Design. Young fashion designers, film-makers and...
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Bristol/Sheffield/West of England - Roborat on the prowl
A robotic rat that can seek out and identify objects using its whiskers has been developed by a group of scientists from three universities. The "ratbot" was developed by the Bristol Robotics Lab, a...
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Swansea University - Book find puts conscience clear
A unique copy of a 17th-century Welsh book that has not been seen in Wales since the 19th century has been identified by an academic from Swansea University. Geraint Evans, a lecturer in the School...
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Canterbury Christ Church University - Nursing foreign talent
A memorandum of agreement has been signed between Canterbury Christ Church University and the International College of Health Sciences in Malaysia. The university's association with the Kuala Lumpur-...
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University of Salford - Jobs for the boys ... and girls
It may have the reputation of being a job for the boys, but a project at the University of Salford aims to increase female interest in engineering. More than 100 girls from schools around the UK and...
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University of the Arts London - The black and white of fashion
A lecturer at the London College of Fashion at the University of the Arts London has completed a documentary about the famous Italian fashion house, Missoni. Maggie Norden, director of communications...