Universities must struggle to hit the ABB moving target

This year’s small deflation of A-level results still has a big impact on the sector, says Ucas head

Strong enrolment brings call to boost sector pay deals

Dip into surplus to improve below-inflation 1% offer, union tells sector

Obamarank: US academy up in arms over president’s plans

Critics turn on proposal to ‘shame’ sector into cutting costs

Note to paper’s co-author sparks investigation

Organometallics and University of Western Australia are reviewing article containing instruction to ‘make up’ data

The real purpose of the First World War centenary celebrations

Commemoration of the 1914-18 war should involve critical reflection rather than arouse an inarticulate glow of national pride

EC study finds low citation gains for gold open access

Advantages to making research freely available are still limited when publication is via gold journals

To write better, cut the clutter

Too many adjectives and adverbs spoil academic broth, scholar argues

Music at Midnight: The Life and Poetry of George Herbert, by John Drury

Hugh Adlington gains a greater appreciation of one of England’s greatest devotional poets

Robert Zemsky’s solution for US problems

Plan to make higher education sustainable requires a simultaneous attack on three big problems, says expert

29 August 2013

Reign in Spain - Mondragon: could UK universities thrive under the cooperative umbrella?

The week in higher education

The Russell Group took some flak in the letters page of The Guardian on 23 August. Readers objected that it was “not true” to say that the group’s universities “are the best” and took issue with its...

Leader - Share’s fair?

The coalition wants competition to shake up higher education, but could a cooperative model also be worth exploring?

Laurie Taylor

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