Research needs more poetry, not more cash
鈥楤ig money鈥 grants foster 鈥榖ookkeeping鈥 work at the expense of small-scale but potentially groundbreaking efforts, says Gary Thomas
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UCL leads grant income table
London research giant attributes success to interdisciplinary approach
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The week in higher education - 14 November 2013
Unions have called another nationwide strike for 3聽December as part of a pay battle with higher education employers. As on 31聽October, the University and College Union, Unite and Unison are all set...
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Universities must not repeat music鈥檚 costly online errors
Feargal Sharkey tells GuildHE conference of hits, myths and the cost of 鈥榝ree鈥 in the Mooc era
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Assets, liabilities and old age tensions
In 鈥淧ay it forward鈥 (Letters, 7聽November), Dennis Leech attacks my analysis of the financial health of the Universities Superannuation Scheme, the UK鈥檚 largest pension scheme.The basis of his attack...
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Michael Ignatieff wins votes for honesty
Losing on the political stage has prompted public intellectual to change how he teaches
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Apprenticeships aimed at private students only
Some firms want only the 鈥榩eople their sons and daughters go to school with鈥
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The Endtimes of Human Rights, by Stephen Hopgood
Conor Gearty on an impassioned attack on 鈥榠mperialism disguised as moralism鈥
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Q&A with Hanif Kureishi
We speak to the award-winning author and playwright, and professor at Kingston University. Plus the latest higher education appointments
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Tom Palaima on the power of mentors
A mentor provides far more than inspiration and sage advice, says Tom Palaima, who fears for the future of such guiding relationships in the era of Moocs
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Invisible Nature: Healing the Destructive Divide between People and the Environment, by Kenneth Worthy
Laurence Coupe on a grand indictment of the 鈥榃estern epistemological error鈥
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Was 1994 Group鈥檚 demise triggered by relaunch delays?
Scrapped mission group was close to high-profile rebrand
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Beyond sushi: the attractions of lecturing in Japan
Susan K Burton looks back at her time teaching at Japanese universities and wonders why more Westerners don鈥檛 head east
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The PGCE is a teaching turn-off
If universities want to keep teacher training, their courses must be more relevant to the real school world, argues Susan Bassnett
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Vince Cable slams 鈥榪ualification inflation鈥 in 鈥榮tandard鈥 professions
Vince Cable has criticised the 鈥渜ualification inflation鈥 that means entrants to 鈥渧ery standard鈥 professions such as nursing require a degree.