Michael Gove: the wolf of Whitehall
The minister hopes to sink his teeth into higher education but his political stock is falling, argues Christopher Prendergast
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The myth of the strong leader
Archie Brown on lessons for universities from political leadership
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Countdown to the Scottish referendum: Independence and community
Ferdinand von Prondzynski ponders possible outcomes should Scotland opt for independence
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Willetts鈥 eight are not great but 鈥榥onsense鈥
Research areas championed by government dismissed as poor investments by technology expert
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10 April 2014
Strength reassessment - Lessons for universities from political leadership
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Bryan Clarke, 1932-2014
A leading contributor to our understanding of evolution, population genetics and the formation of species has died
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Q&A with John Bercow
We speak to the Speaker of the House of Commons and chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire
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World in brief - 10 April 2014
TurkeyAlleged appointment interferenceTurkey鈥檚 prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan interfered in the selection of two university leaders, it has been alleged after the leaking of audio files. Posted...
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News in brief - 10 April 2014
InternationalisationHopes and fears, globally speakingUniversities around the world fear the 鈥渃ommodification and commercialization of education鈥, according to a survey. The International Association...
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Grant winners - 10 April 2014
Leverhulme TrustResearch Project GrantsHumanitiesAward winner: Clive GambleInstitution: University of SouthamptonValue: 拢163,228Seasonality, mobility and storage in Palaeolithic hunting...
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Removal in progress
鈥淲hat is the value of pro vice-chancellors?鈥 asked Jamie Targett rhetorically in The Poppletonian (3 April). Glyndwr University agrees: its restructuring plan removes the remaining pro v-cs, and the...
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Memorable monikers
One gets the impression that the QM(U)L staff鈥檚 view of management would include a number of highly memorable four-letter 鈥減honetics鈥 (鈥淪hort shrift for QML鈥檚 short form鈥, 3 April). Perhaps they...
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Alternative reality
Three cheers for Mary Midgley (鈥淚 am more than the sum of my parts鈥, 3 April) and her campaign to insist on common sense truths such as that we have free will. Philosophers like Midgley are needed...
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Gilded pages
As a new junior lecturer 10 years ago, a colleague commented that she had visions of me secretly squirrelling pots of money away. In that spirit, I was wondering whether anyone else noticed the...
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Channelling talent
鈥淟ook at any real population of academic staff鈥ou鈥檒l see not a uniform group of similarly capable, functionally equivalent individuals, but a tremendous diversity of strengths, working styles and...