The week in higher education - 13 November 2014
Research from University College London that suggested migrants from the European Union had made a net contribution to the UK of £20 billion over the course of a decade was never likely to go down...
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Doors open as others swing shut
Policies on immigration often conflict with sector ambitions regarding overseas students and signal a turbulent spell ahead
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Scholars share horror stories
Fear and loathing in the academy
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What will be the impact on higher education of the new European commissioners?
Anne Corbett flags the ones to watch among commissioners for 2014-19
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Changes in the number of researchers
The UK has a lower share of researchers in its labour force than the US and Japan, according to an EU Commission report
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Environmentalist urges universities to take fossil fuels off back burner
Institutions ‘disappointingly slow’ at divesting of non-sustainable energy sources, says Bill McKibben
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University consortium calls for the academy to join the fight against global corruption
The Poznan Declaration calls on the higher education sector to play a far more active role
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Non-academic vice-chancellors face snobbery, AUA hears
Oxford’s deputy registrar excoriates prejudice against able leaders from outside the ‘closed’ culture of the academy
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Campus close-up: Teesside University
The decision to welcome Middlesbrough’s Mima art gallery into the university’s fold is expected to benefit both parties
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Germany aims to send 50 per cent of students abroad by 2020
Plans are part of industrial strategy to steal a march on other export-driven countries
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Brazil's main concern is research quality at its universities, says adviser
Rise in the number of private institutions is blamed for slipping standards
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Have your say on your working life
Employee review websites have the potential to change university cultures, says Alexandra Blakemore
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A Song of Good and Evil, by Philippe Sands
A musical lecture explores the links between three men connected by the Nuremberg trials, writes Matthew Reisz
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Peaceland: Conflict Resolution and the Everyday Politics of International Intervention, by Séverine Autesserre
Kristin M. Bakke on moving beyond standard intervention practice and involving local knowledge to end conflict
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The Language Myth: Why Language Is Not an Instinct, by Vyvyan Evans
Michelle Aldridge on a comprehensive presentation of the case that human verbal communication emerges from use