Graduates ‘more likely’ to favour smaller higher education pool
Analysis of British Social Attitudes survey finds class bias with regard to future student numbers
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Tougher visa rules may affect 40 institutions
10 per cent threshold for refusal rates may cause many to lose their licences to recruit overseas students
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Swansea dean has no regrets over controversial reforms
Nigel Piercy is unapologetic about antagonising some in drive to turn around School of Management
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Parenthood and academia: an impossible balance?
Male and female scholars speak frankly about juggling parenting and research
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4 September 2014
Up in the air - The struggle to balance academic work and parenthood
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World in brief - 4 September 2014
Source: AlamyCanadaCampus ‘stalking’ tips draw fireA student newspaper article offering first years advice on how to date a teaching assistant – including stalking them on social networks – provoked...
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Grant winners - 4 September 2014
Royal SocietyWolfson Research Merit AwardsAwards are worth £10,000-£30,000 a year, which is a salary enhancementAward winner: Graeme AcklandInstitution: University of EdinburghInteratomic potentials...
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Laurence Mee, 1951-2014
A leading international expert on the marine environment and strategies for its protection has died
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Return to sender – in person, during office hours
What happened when a US academic instituted a no-email policy for students and required them to meet her in person?
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Apathetic assessment
Thomas Harrison’s article “Let the right one in” (Opinions, 21 August) argued about the importance of including in the selection process an assessment of candidates’ teaching in action. But which...
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Students’ IP is their own
I was astonished to learn from Sebastian Conran (“Letting the engine idle”, Opinions, 14 August) that Plymouth University, among other institutions, requires students when they register to sign away...
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#explainittome
Re “Legal scholar’s ‘political’ tweets ruffle a few feathers” (News, 21 August). Social media sites tend to have long and complex terms of use and privacy policies that basically state that the sites...
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Different, yes, but better?
Ferdinand von Prondzynski claims that “Divergence has delivered results” for Scotland (From Where I Sit, 14 August). Really?The enduring myth for many Scots is that we are better than England in...
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Intellectual surrender
Re Fred Inglis’ feature “Trained obedience” (28 August), on the docility of intellectuals in the UK academy today.It has been said that once you give up your “no”, it is hard, if not impossible, to...