Unhappy campus: heaven knows we're miserable now
Compared with global peers, UK academics are most negative about work. Paul Jump reports
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Arise, Sir Steve: UUK head leads academic honours list
Steve Smith has been knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours after steering Universities UK through one of the higher education sector’s most turbulent periods.
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Global Inequalities and Higher Education: Whose Interests Are We Serving?
As a glance at any issue of this magazine shows, higher education is increasingly a global phenomenon. But globalisation poses particular challenges. Put crudely, is higher education to be a means of...
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From where I sit: Repulsion and attraction
Australian universities are worried that bad publicity is putting off international students. Such students are lucrative business and one of the reasons they flocked to Australia in the past was...
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News in brief
KenyaBonds: licence to expandKenya plans to sell 10 billion shillings (£79.5 million) of bonds to finance an expansion of its universities that would stop students from being turned away owing to...
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News in brief
United StatesMcCain backs for-profitsFormer US presidential candidate John McCain has backed for-profit institutions in an increasingly bitter Washington battle. During a Senate hearing on for-...
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Appointments
National University of Ireland, GalwayNicholas CannyA professor has expressed his "surprise and delight" at becoming the first academic from the Republic of Ireland to sit on the governing body of...
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Leader: Bitter pill may kill, not cure
In a competitive global market, the UK academy must be price-sensitive when it comes to overseas fees or pay the price
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The fruits of Californication
The Golden State's mix of public planning, spin-off innovation and private excellence has made it one of the global academy's powerhouses. But funding cuts threaten the University of California's pre...
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Crimea: The Last Crusade
An insightful analysis evinces the relevance of a Victorian conflict to today's ills, writes A.W. Purdue
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Warning: developing regions may fall off the world map
Universities need to wake up to downsides of internationalisation, survey claims. John Morgan reports
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Belonging in an Adopted World: Race, Identity, and Transnational Adoption
We became the proud owners of a new dog a few weeks ago - a gorgeous golden retriever puppy with huge paws and a voracious appetite for shoes. Although he's our dog, I certainly didn't give birth to...
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From where I sit: Noble quest for knowledge
How do you become an academic and a scholar? Usually, those who aim to research and teach are privileged with a formal education and spend their lives in academia. It is virtually impossible to come...
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Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World
Martin Bayly appreciates a timely celebration of Afghan art that allows the country's rich history to speak for itself
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The Queen's shilling is no sovereign remedy for a world-class sector
Kenneth Baker calls on universities to seek financial independence from the state, and for the state to handle a precious asset with care