Mustn't ask, mustn't tell
David Erdos believes a bid to tighten European data protection will have a chilling impact on social science and humanities research
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The servant of two masters: knowledge and news cycles
Maintaining scholarly rigour amid demands for details about the discovery of Richard III was no easy task, but Lin Foxhall enjoyed it
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Hesa data show decline in technician numbers
Managerial staff one of few growth areas in HE employment
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THE podcast: 14 February 2013 issue review
Podcast Powered By PodbeanRichard III, open access and the German REF are among the topics covered on this week’s THE podcast issue review. Chris Parr is joined by reporters Paul Jump, David Matthews...
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Is open-access publishing fools' gold?
Open-access publishing, once a niche preoccupation, is now a hot-button issue. But concern is growing that unintended consequences of new publication mandates will cost individual scholars and the UK...
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On Glasgow and Edinburgh by Robert Crawford
Willy Maley identifies an old-fashioned charm in the telling of a tale of two rival, divided cities
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Obama unveils major HE policy changes
US president Barack Obama has said that taxpayers “cannot continue to subsidise higher and higher and higher costs of higher education” in his annual State of the Union Address, and published...
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Aberystwyth to re-launch 'pioneering' course after lack of interest
Aberystwyth University is to re-launch a “pioneering” master’s degree that was withdrawn after it failed to attract any students.
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Sussex sit-in gathers celebrity support
A student occupation at the University of Sussex is gathering momentum with more than 100 people signing a statement supporting its aims.
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Schavan resignation shocks German politics
Germany’s science and education minister has resigned after a university revoked her doctorate, having ruled she had plagiarised parts of her thesis.
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Inside Higher Ed: Liberal Arts Go Dutch
By Elizabeth Redden, for Inside Higher Ed
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EU research budget proposals welcomed
The next European Union research and innovation programme, Horizon 2020, has been allocated a budget of almost €71 billion (£60.4 billion) in an agreement reached on 8 February.
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Part-time students ‘enjoy job stability’, says report
Part-time students enjoy a high level of job stability, with four out of five working throughout their studies and still in employment two years after graduation, a new report says.
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Student careers advice needed early, says NUS head
Students should receive careers advice and support at the start of their studies, rather than towards the end of their time at university, the chief executive of the National Union of Students has...
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Moocs credit given the green light
Five massive open online courses, or Moocs, have been recommended for credit by the American Council on Education, meaning students who complete the courses could potentially use their experience as...