Academic recognition for public policy work is slowly gathering pace
To tackle the challenge of implementing evidence-based policy, change is also needed in the university sector, says Gavin Costigan
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Academics at Christmas: are you 鈥榟olly jolly鈥 or bah, humbug?
Seven scholars from around the world give us their festive reflections on snakes, bad lobster and turkeys鈥 backsides
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A secret best kept: does pay disclosure come at a price?
Salary transparency can promote equality but also tends to foment jealousy and strife among academic staff, as Adrian Furnham has seen at first hand
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Generational and class gaps in attitudes on fees, polling finds
Tuition fees rank marginally above animal rights on list of voting priorities聽鈥 but young people assign higher importance
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ADONIS workshop - software development outsourcing to the NIS
Brussels, 20 Jan 2003 The EU funded ADONIS (application development outsourcing to the newly independent states) consortium will present the project at a workshop in Berlin on 31 March. The...
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University financial health check 2017: future prospects?
UK universities face uncertainty over the impact of Brexit and the TEF, the future for tuition fees and a pensions deficit. Which institutions have the financial clout and diversified portfolios to...
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Labour should set science budget 鈥榝or full Parliament鈥
A Labour government should set a science and research budget for the entire Parliament, and give universities a bigger role in driving local growth.
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Ed Balls interview: 鈥榃hen the dust settles, people see the truth鈥
Gordon Brown鈥檚 former right-hand man talks to John Morgan about his return to Harvard, Labour鈥檚 higher education 鈥榝ailure鈥 and a political comeback
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Campus close-up: 鈥楢uthoritative voice鈥 set to project on the world stage
UCL-led centre aims to clarify complexity 鈥 and dispel a few myths, too
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Fat Gay Men: Girth, Mirth, and the Politics of Stigma, by Jason Whitesel
Sally R. Munt lauds an ethnographic study of men who are 鈥榦ut鈥 about their weight
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University schools 鈥榯old to improve鈥
A string of universities sponsoring school academies have been told to raise their games in light of poor standards.聽
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Labour launches 鈥榯echnical degrees鈥 policy
The Labour Party will introduce new 鈥渢echnical degrees鈥 if it is elected at next May鈥檚 general election.
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Oxford teaching and the 拢16K question
How does the university calculate the real cost of undergraduate education?
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Private colleges better value over universities鈥 鈥榬idiculously long vacations鈥, former minister says
For-profit higher education providers could 鈥渞eally strike a chord鈥 with students worried about the value for money of traditional 拢9,000-a-year degrees with 鈥渞idiculous鈥 long vacations, according to...
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Diary
LondonHer Maj: 60 Years of Unofficial Portraits of the QueenAs late as the 1950s, it was still unusual for the monarchy to be depicted in cartoons. To celebrate the Diamond Jubilee, the Cartoon...