Why I’m quitting the academy
Alessandra Lopez y Royo feels that money-obsessed universities are killing off integrity, honesty and mutual support
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Sex and Buildings: Modern Architecture and the Sexual Revolution, by Richard J. Williams
Annmarie Adams on one man’s quest to find places where form meets libido
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The same unsavoury menu
We write as a group of concerned academics who find themselves unable to resolve a difficult academic dispute and are hoping to find guidance from the community of scholarship.Overall student...
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Making Capitalism Fit For Society, by Colin Crouch
Chris Pierson considers a pitch for ‘assertive social democracy’ in an age dominated by neoliberalism
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Oxford students deny role of class in elite admissions
Undergraduates ‘reproduce social inequality’, paper argues
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Private sector to fight universities for high-grade students
Student numbers at private higher education institutions will be capped from 2014-15, the government has confirmed, while private providers will also be granted unlimited recruitment of high-grade...
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UCU talks zero-hours at Labour summit
The University and College Union is among those invited to a Labour Party summit to discuss the controversial issue of zero-hours contracts.
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UEA body identified
Police have named the woman whose body was found in a lake at the University of East Anglia.
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Appetite for construction: finance directors ready to spend
Nearly half of all university finance directors believe now is a good time to be taking “greater risk” onto their balance sheets, according to a survey by consultants Deloitte.
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Feminists challenge Moocs with Docc
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Child support advice sought ‘over university costs’
More divorced mothers are seeking legal advice about whether ex-husbands can extend support payments for children at university, a law firm has said.
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India collaborations need to address ‘practical barriers’
Work between the UK research councils, Indian government and business can be improved by fixing practical barriers to collaboration, a report says.
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Graduate premium is nearer £200,000, says new report
A new government-commissioned study says a degree will earn graduates an extra £252,000 over their lifetime for women and £168,000 for men.
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