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High interest statement

In his Autumn Statement, Chancellor George Osborne said: “So today I can announce that next year we will provide 30,000 more student places – and the year after we will abolish the cap on student...

Truly hostile environment

Phil Clark’s recent article in Times Higher Education strongly implies that foreign scholars – like us – who claim that it is difficult to do careful field research in post-genocide Rwanda do not...

Pretty vacant in pink study

Steven Rose’s excellent article is a much-needed antidote to the “neuro” fad (“Grey matters”, 12 December). I listened recently to a repeated BBC Radio 4 programme about little girls’ preference for...

Cameron’s careless Chinese whispers

On 5 December, during an official visit to China, Prime Minister David Cameron was widely reported to have advised UK school pupils to “look beyond…French and German” and to start Mandarin lessons...

Hopes and fears of all the year

It’s been bedlam out there in 2013: Russell Group a-rising, visa plans off-putting - and still not enough ladies leading

The week in higher education - 19 December 2013

As Christmas nears, the papers soak up booze-related stories like sponges. On 13 December, The Daily Telegraph reported a claim in a British Medical Journal paper that James Bond’s martini intake –...

Expert voices raise alarm over capless costs

Hepi head and HE analyst tell MPs that coalition sums don’t add up

‘Bursary’ means nothing to disadvantaged pupils

Targets for financial support don’t know terminology, research finds

Piled Higher and Deeper, by Jorge Cham - 19 December 2013

UK research knocks out competition in impact ring

UK research is punching above its weight in impact terms, according to a report prepared by Elsevier for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Graduate earnings: ‘human capital’ gains subject to scrutiny

‘Manhattan Project’ that some think could pave the way for variable fees proceeds with Nuffield funding

EPSRC clawback may fund extra PhD training centres

Research council hopes to claw back cash to fund centres that missed out during initial bidding process

Job cuts may stretch services to City limit

UCU fears more support staff will be forced out to cover REF recruitment costs

Expect few takers for European postgrad loans, expert says

Idea of borrowing to study is ‘totally alien’ to some students, so take-up may be low

NUS ‘could do more’ to support protesters

Student leaders criticised over perceived failure to support grass-roots members joining in demonstrations