A nation's saving grace
Religious diversity in the US is more a force for tolerance than for discord, argues scholar Robert Putnam. Jon Marcus reports
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Diary
LondonThe Land of Light and Promise: Ludwig Blum (1891-1974), a 20th-century OrientalistThe works of the classically trained Czech-born Israeli topographical artist Ludwig Blum, perhaps the finest of...
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Where would we be without them?
Our thrusting Director of Corporate Affairs, Jamie Targett, has announced that Poppleton will be paying "no attention whatsoever" to recent research from the University of Madrid, which shows that...
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Universally unhelpful
The coalition's consensus policies manage to benefit no one, says Alan Ryan
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Leader: Missions trail leads to success
The secret of California's strength in higher education is a system that delineates institutional roles. England should take heed
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Research intelligence - Tight, but not too austere
The research settlement is sparing with both rises and reductions. Paul Jump reports
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Off Piste - The dying of the guiding light
Peter Hill recalls his time as a lighthouse keeper, a profession since snuffed out by technology. He misses the arduous hours, grand meals, avian migrants and tall tales in the coal fire's glow
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The week in higher education
The number of university applicants has increased by 2.5 per cent on last year, according to figures published by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. A total of 344,064 people had...
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From where I sit - Diplomatic bag's pedagogic pearls
Those who teach international relations are rarely short of interesting material from the "real world" to illustrate key points about theory and practice, but the release of masses of classified...
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The Pick - Making the right gesture
Adult puppetry to an aerial exploration of the female condition
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Kevin Boyle, 1943-2010
An academic who stood at the centre of the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland has died.Kevin Boyle, emeritus professor of international human rights law at the University of Essex, was a key...
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Help us reclaim and reunite our union
The University and College Union's national executive committee (NEC) is indeed split ("UCU in turmoil as its Left wing looks to make bid for control", 6 January), but the issue is more than just...
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Private problems
It is astonishing how often otherwise well-informed commentators stumble over parallels between US and UK higher education.In "A chance to break free of administrative and regulatory tyranny" (6...
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Gender is off the agenda
While science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects have been ring-fenced and are being protected by the coalition government, it is clear that gender equality in STEM subjects does not...