Langlands said he argued 9k fees were ‘too high’
The former head of England’s funding council thought the government was setting fees “too high” at £9,000.
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Early university applications at lowest level for four years
The number of English students who had applied for university by mid-December is lower than in the last four years.
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Imperial College’s new president to be Alice Gast
Imperial College London has named Alice Gast as its next president.
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Antarctic scientists flown off ice-trapped vessel
Scientists stuck on a ship in Antarctica as part of a research project have finally seen an end to their 10-day ordeal
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THE podcast: 2 January 2014 issue review
Download the podcastVice-chancellors’ pay, the problems caused for scholars by the UK’s visa regime, and tactics for dealing with rowdy students are all up for discussion in the first Times Higher...
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Non-EU scholars struggling with the UK’s visa policy
Academics describe the complex, arbitrary bureaucracy, emotional turmoil and career limbo wrought by Britain’s policies
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2 January 2014
The outsiders - Non-EU scholars in the UK tell of life interrupted
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Measured, but found wanting?
David Willetts’ finely balanced aims for higher education are too often belied by the impact of his government’s policies
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News in brief - 2 January 2014
United StatesMajority interestApollo Global, a subsidiary of Apollo Education Group, has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Australian online learning company Open Colleges Australia. The US for-...
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Campus round-up - 2 January 2014
Source: ReutersTidal treasuresThe recent storms that have battered Scotland’s coast may have revealed new archaeological sites, say scholars. The University of St Andrews is working with Historic...
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Odds and quads - 2 January 2014
These pictures are from the archive of the lesbian photographer, writer and performance artist Tessa Boffin (1960-93), now held by the University for the Creative Arts Farnham
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News in brief - 2 January 2014
Big Data InstituteUCL pledges to retain open accessUniversity College London says its partnership with the huge publishing and information company Elsevier on a new Big Data Institute will not affect...
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Grant winners - 2 January 2014
Leverhulme TrustPhilip Leverhulme PrizesThese awards recognise early career researchers whose work has already had a significant international impact and whose future research career is exceptionally...
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Stand-alone technology
Buckminster Fuller may well have sought beautiful solutions, but that view is more in line with technology than science (“Both sides of the equation”, 12 December 2013).Working “solutions” such as...