The right woman for the job?
Institutions offering women-only posts have drawn criticism…and a fair number of male applicants
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USS reforms
UUK’s proposed hybrid scheme could result in losses of £20,000 a year
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Reading music
The interview with Stuart Dunlop, the director of music at the University of East Anglia (HE & Me, 4 September), contained the very encouraging suggestion from Dunlop that “it [the university...
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Season of academic fruitfulness
As the new academic year approaches, Shahidha Bari reflects on the restorative nature of the summer break
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David Willetts: £6K tuition fees won’t work
Former minister warns Labour’s Liam Byrne that lowering tuition fees will cause him no end of grief
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‘Universities are gold mines and we must better extract their value’
Brian Cox urges institutions to work with local providers to widen participation
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Tips on writing a winning research proposal for Horizon 2020
Boost your chances of getting funding by identifying EU goals and using keywords. Plus the latest higher education appointments
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A new generation of students seeks a New Deal
In the 2015 election, says NUS president Toni Pearce, students will be seeking a fairer future, not revenge for fees hikes
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‘They took me on trust’: from the streets to higher education pathways
A rough sleeper turned Exeter philosophy undergraduate credits the help of Northern College’s access course
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Calm in the classroom
Dale Salwak on how he creates a space where students can focus, safe from life’s distractions
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The Marshmallow Test: Understanding Self-control and How to Master It, by Walter Mischel
Resisting sexual temptation is one thing, forgoing sweets another. Natalie Gold on a study of restraint
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Test foreign students’ English to ensure competency
Chris Longman argues for universities to hold mandatory pre-course exams
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USS reforms seen as ‘radical attack’ on pensions
UUK’s proposed hybrid scheme could result in losses of £20,000 a year
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Priced out of postgraduate education
Students who want to do master’s degrees are stymied by a lack of state finance. Paul Jump investigates how funding can be fixed
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'Gay friendly' UK universities named
Six universities have scored full marks in an assessment of how gay friendly the UK’s higher education institutions are.