UK lags behind in spending
The UK is slipping behind foreign competitors in the higher education spending stakes, according to international comparisons. Spending per higher education student grew 8 per cent in the UK in real...
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'Collaborate to cut costs'
A private US foundation has responded to the "counterproductive" debate over soaring university costs with a list of tangible ways to solve the problem. The Lumina Foundation, which works mainly in...
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Minsk campus move unlikely
A mass relocation of all 1,000 former students of the European Humanities University in Minsk to a single location elsewhere in Europe is increasingly unlikely. The privately funded EHU, the only...
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Rector calls for marque on vintage education
The rector of Turin University wants a European "marque" to regulate which institutions have the right to call themselves universities. Rinaldo Bertolino drew an analogy with the quality label that...
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Italians: end corrupt selection
Twelve of Italy's most illustrious scholars and scientists have called for reform of the country's corrupt system for filling academic posts, writes Paul Bompard. In an open letter, the signatories,...
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Irish to defy OECD on fees
The Irish Government seems certain to defy Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development advice to introduce tuition fees or it will fail to develop globally competitive universities and...
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Israelis battle for quality as cuts bite
Israel's universities are fighting to maintain the quality of their education and research in the face of continued cuts in government funding. Since 2001, 900 million shekels (£112 million) has been...
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China gets 'pipeline' to Australia
Australia's major overseas student recruiting agency is expanding its operations in China in an effort to counter an unexpected decline in enrolments. IDP Education Australia signed an agreement with...
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Schwartz has picked up the ball. Let's run with it
The admissions review should start a period of historical reflection and self-awareness, hopes Gary McCulloch When I was a student, some years ago, there was a well-known story about a previous...
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Nancy Rothwell
Three million animals are used in experiments each year - a necessity to prevent disease in humans and animals. Over the summer I have become infuriated by friends and colleagues outside the...
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Hastened to the grave
University admissions are no laughing matter, but Steven Schwartz, the Government's fair access guru, managed to raise a titter at last week's Sutton Trust conference. Professor Schwartz opened his...
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An office and a gentleman
If there is no room at the inn, what should the innkeeper do? Well, a model answer to this conundrum was provided by the estates office at Buckingham University when it came to finding accommodation...
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A novel namecheck
The Line of Beauty , the fourth novel by Alan Hollinghurst, is favourite to win this year's Booker Prize and is expected to make the shortlist next Tuesday. The story is set in the 1980s and...
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Straight onto the shortlist
It promises to be one of the toughest postings in higher education. Even so, one might have expected more than 38 people to apply for the job of England's first university access tsar. Yet, according...
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My revolting past
London South Bank University vice-chancellor Deian Hopkin recalls the turbulent political climate of 1960s Aberystwyth While many leading academics become interested in politics, Deian Hopkin was...