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Too short a seasoning

I am worried about the “‘oven-ready chickens’ for business” that City of Bath College lecturer John Curry thinks the UK needs (“Cut the arts, share the pain or scrap the REF: reader panel thoughts on...

Tours of booty

Last week the real University of Oxford held open days as part of its widening-access initiative. Fantasy Oxford has open days for tourists every day, with the Mad Hatter Tour and the Harry Potter...

‘Crown jewels’ are flawed

Universities and science minister David Willetts has persuaded the coalition to spend millions of pounds on a new national birth cohort study, and Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee – although “...

Piled Higher and Deeper by Jorge Cham - 4 July 2013

‘Sum up your thesis in three minutes’ competition

Clear, engaging and jargon-free: years of research explained in 180 seconds

UCU condemns ‘unsettling’ role-matching test

Union passes motion of no confidence in University of Northampton’s restructuring exercise

Exiting Leighton Andrews earns qualified praise

Welsh institutions hedge their bets on recollections of education minister’s term

QAA review U-turn is music to for-profit’s ears

Watchdog backs down after institutional appeal for second time

Your place or mine?

‘The v-c will see you now’It’s been a busy week for our vice-chancellor. In between presiding over a further round of staff redundancies, he’s been on site supervising the extensive renovations to...

Match-funded NSP ends but sector must still pay

Offa chief: £150m committed by universities now part of access agreements

The week in higher education - 4 July 2013

In a thorough cock-up, the Indian Journal of Surgery has had to retract a paper on “Penile Strangulation by Metallic Rings”. According to the Retraction Watch website, the article tells the eye-...

Appointments - 4 July 2013

University of PortsmouthCatherine HarperThe new dean of the Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries at the University of Portsmouth said she felt “passionate” about ensuring that graduates are...

Grant winners - 4 July 2013

Arts and Humanities Research CouncilResponsive Mode GrantsAward winner: Brian BalmerInstitution: University College LondonValue: £368,357Understanding biological disarmament: the historical context...

Time is money: cumulative spending per OECD student

The UK spends $43,463 (£28,350) per student over the course of their higher education studies, data from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development show

Constructive criticism without the machismo

How Jo Brewis and fellow Vida members aim to give women space to think