System 'shutdown'? UCU ballots over strike
Higher education's biggest union is to ballot for national strikes over jobs, pay and pensions as student activists claim that action could lead to the "shutdown" of the sector.The University and...
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Passive sector must fight its corner, says MP
Universities "punch below their weight" in the political arena, according to the former head of the education select committee.At a Higher Education Policy Institute seminar at the House of Commons...
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More students study for UK degrees on branch campuses
Hesa shows growing popularity of branch campus and partnership degrees. John Morgan writes
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Social science emulates scientific method to escape retrenchment
Academy's campaign aims to repeat science lobby's CSR successes. Paul Jump reports
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Brickbats for research review's partial diagnosis
A review of medical research regulation has been criticised for failing to acknowledge social scientists' concerns about excessive red tape.An Academy of Medical Sciences report, released last week,...
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Calling all eurocrats: direct funds can stop continental drift
EU statute for Europe's academy needed to arrest economic decline. Hannah Fearn reports
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American recruitment body rejects 'naive' calls to 'eliminate' the agents
Claims that overseas-recruitment agents should be "eliminated" have provoked anger from a US body developing standards of ethical practice in the area.In an interview with Times Higher Education,...
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Presidents select: hail to the chiefs
British scholars rate leaders of the free world: George W. Bush also ran. Matthew Reisz reports
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Scholars, come home
Philip G. Altbach and Wanhua Ma assess China's initiatives to persuade its academics working abroad to bring their expertise back
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Defeated by violence and silence
Why has resistance to the government's plans for universities failed? Alastair Hudson decries the state's success in painting legitimate protest as riot
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When the kids are united
Recent marches by schoolchildren against tuition-fee hikes and budget cuts signal the revival of a long and illustrious tradition of pupil protests in Britain, Clive Bloom observes
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Putting reality back into the equation
Blind faith in the magic of numbers played a major role in the financial crash. Education must change to ensure that mathematicians have their feet firmly planted on the ground, Chris Ormell argues
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Film review: Barney's Version
Mordecai Richler is well served by a wry and affecting adaptation of his final novel, Duncan Wu says
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TV review: Points of view
Gary Day is startled by an art critic's approach to the work, life and loves of John Constable
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20 January 2011
Set to burst - Can kettling keep a lid on student protest and anti-government anger?