Blind sides
Academics aren't perfect. They may be reluctant to scrutinise their teaching practices, but despite their marginalised status across much of the world, they are dedicated and committed. Tara Brabazon...
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It's the faculty, stupid!
Officials must not forget that staff are responsible for a university's success, says Philip G. Altbach
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Scramble for staff
As many US universities stop hiring or cut posts in the downturn, others see a chance to snap up the best and the brightest - particularly those with their own grants. Jon Marcus reports
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30 April 2009
Measuring the unmeasurable - Is it possible to pinpoint research’s economic impact?
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Can Star Wars save job cuts at London Met?
Campaigning staff at London Metropolitan University have turned to “the Force” for help in fighting hundreds of job cuts at their institution.A spoof scene from Star Wars has been posted on YouTube,...
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Bullied Blogger: ‘I need to do something to get me out of this hole’
20 April: I was shocked by the pre-disciplinary report sent last Friday. I feel I am a fool to have thought that the pro vice-chancellor for law and social sciences was in any way going to give a...
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Ucea makes 0.3 per cent pay offer
Employers’ organisation says move is ‘realistic, responsible and credible’ in the prevailing economic conditions. Melanie Newman reports
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Edinburgh students reward best teachers
Eusa awards ceremony recognises the top of the pedagogic pops. Rebecca Attwood reports
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UCU to ballot for strike action
Ucea ‘bewildered’ as move is announced less than halfway through an agreed timetable for negotiations. Melanie Newman reports
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Terror suspects on student visas released without charge
All of the men arrested earlier this month under the auspices of the Terrorism Act 2006 have been released without charge, but most have been handed over to the immigration authorities. Twelve men...
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Disappointment greets Budget announcement
No new money for places or researchUniversities must fight for grantsSavings demanded from research councils and institutions£50m for Technology Strategy Board Any hope that more money may be made...
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Book of the week: Architecture Depends
A call for architects to rejoin the messy world delights Flora Samuel
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The week in books
How We Live and Why We Die: The Secret Lives of Cells by Lewis Wolpert, professor of biology as applied to medicine, department of anatomy and developmental biology, University College London. Faber...
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Al-Qaeda Goes to College
Anthony Glees says this book fails to consider the threat to academia posed by terrorism's side effects
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Foul Bodies: Cleanliness in Early America
Foul Bodies: Cleanliness in Early America. By Kathleen M. Brown. Yale University Press, 448pp, £25.00. ISBN 9780300106183. Published 3 February 2009