Campus Review: Groups baulk at capping international students
By Susan Woodward for Campus Review
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Portsmouth v-c to retire and pursue philosophy studies
One of the longest-serving vice-chancellors in the UK higher education sector has announced he will retire next year to pursue activities including a master鈥檚 degree in philosophy.
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Consider background in admissions to boost social mobility, Clegg says
Private school pupils are three times more likely than their state-educated peers to reach the high-achieving AAB grade threshold at A level that affords entry to 鈥渢he most selective universities鈥,...
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Final-year students fear for their working future
Confidence in the graduate jobs market has dipped among final-year students and salary expectations have stagnated as universities prepare to introduce fees of up to 拢9,000 a year in the autumn.
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Inside Higher Ed: Game for a better grade?
By Kaustuv Basu for Inside Higher Ed
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Miliband attacks university access obsession
Debate on social mobility is too focused on university access, Labour Party leader Ed Miliband has argued.
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Russell Group students dominate Erasmus scheme
More than half of the UK students who took part in Erasmus in 2010-2011 come from just 20 universities, most of which are Russell Group institutions.
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Sussex 鈥榮ell-off鈥 stirs union ire
The University and College Union has condemned plans by the University of Sussex to 鈥減rivatise鈥 some 235 of the 2,200 jobs at the institution.
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Elsevier editor quits over 'restricted access'
An associate editor of a leading Elsevier journal has resigned, claiming the publisher is 鈥渄enying developing countries access to research findings鈥.
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UUK to appeal to Cameron for leniency over migration figures
Universities UK is appealing to the prime minister to remove overseas students from the net migration count, ahead of a possible backlash against the sector arising from the next batch of immigration...
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Politics Without Vision: Thinking without a Banister in the Twentieth Century
This provocative text may be just what isolated political theory needs, argues Matthew Flinde
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The Baker Who Pretended to be King of Portugal
Felipe Fern谩ndez-Armesto is stirred by the tale of a pastry chef who laid claim to an Iberian throne
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Domesticating the Airwaves: Broadcasting, Femininity and Domesticity
This book sets out to retell the history of the intimate relationship between broadcasting and domesticity. Set against a backdrop of changing social relations from the 1930s to the present day, it...
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Rethinking a Lot: The Design and Culture of Parking
Let's be honest. It's hard to get excited about car parks. That probably accounts for the paucity of serious studies about them. To make matters worse, car parks - known in the US as parking lots -...
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News in brief
ChinaScholarship proves short-sightedStudy habits may explain why the vast majority of Chinese students wear glasses, new research has suggested. A study published in The Lancet says that "increasing...