The gifts that keep on giving
Academy confounds downturn as received donations top £500m, writes Sarah Cunnane
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#loveHE
This week's tweet of the week is: Does the sector communicate effectively how important it is to the public? I think not. If it did, everyone would #loveHE - @NHJ_HETell us why you love the sector on...
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Yikes! Attack of the killer viral fruit bats
How do institutions cope when their online profile suddenly bites back? Sarah Cunnane reports
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Cumbria appoints interim v-c after leader leaves job he says was 'mis-sold'
The University of Cumbria's vice-chancellor has left his job after less than a year, reportedly feeling that the post was "mis-sold" to him as he was not given full warning of the institution's dire...
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If this isn't social 'impact', what is?
Concerns are raised after widely used political project fails to secure funding. Paul Jump writes
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Finding ways to calm the wild waters that threaten to submerge staff
A workload allocation system can benefit everyone in a university, so long as it is transparent, trusted and equitable, argues Peter Barrett
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Speak out for the silenced
Sally Hunt urges UK academics to join the campaign to free colleagues jailed in Colombia for their political views
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Daytime TV: States of mind
The asylum was used to house inconvenient truths, says Gary Day, but some people do need its sanctuary
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Torture threat to history don
Allegations that Dr Ted Marmoset of our Department of History (1832-1886 only) was subjected to "actions short of torture" by members of the university's Research Coordination Directorate have been...
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Hard and soft options
Funding for science or arts? It shouldn't be either/or, argues Malcolm Gillies
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Research intelligence: That's your reading sorted
OUP is launching bibliographies online to help steer researchers through the data jungle. Matthew Reisz writes
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Off Piste: Learning curveballs
Michael Bérubé on the life lessons to be found in uncompetitive sport - and a fiercely competitive son with Down's syndrome
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Leader: Just keep cool and carry on
Universities' lack of new-media savvy can leave reputations exposed, but popularity was never wholly within their control
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From where I sit: Confucian values
Asia-Pacific higher education is becoming a global force, but only some nations in the region have achieved or approached parity with Western Europe and North America.The truly spectacular success...