For the many, not the few
It is time to extend R.H. Tawney's 1922 vision of universal secondary education to universal access to tertiary study, argues Simon Szreter, and also to reject the coalition's fatally misguided...
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Blowout in the Gulf: The BP Oil Spill Disaster and the Future of Energy in America
Hugh Gorman on a narrative that places the BP Gulf oil spill in context with the US' energy policy
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Time to spread their wings
To keep up with the global sector's rising stars, the UK must encourage its young to study abroad, says Martin Davidson
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Research Intelligence - Why blue skies is still vital
The MRC's head knows it must deliver impact, but he tells Paul Jump that he's equally aware of the need to help the best ideas germinate
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The Week in Higher Education
Ever read a quote and felt a sense of d谷j角 vu? On 2 February, the University and College Union's general secretary, Sally Hunt, said the latest cuts to be outlined were "yet another slap in the face...
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Campus round-up
University of SheffieldMexican wave reaches YorkshireA university has signed an agreement with Mexico's national science body to promote joint industrial research. The University of Sheffield's...
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Practise what you teach - it's good business
They have already faced criticism for promoting a culture of greed and recklessness that precipitated the global economic crisis, but now business schools have been branded "laggards" in their own...
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Union accuses West of Scotland of keeping appointments in the family
EIS points finger over professorial post and key individuals' excessive power, writes Hannah Fearn
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Irrational numbers
John Hearn and Alan Robson urge universities to refocus on the reality of individual missions, not rankings' absurd lists
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It's a Browne world, but there's still a place for us
Over the next few weeks, most universities in England will nail their colours to the mast and set their undergraduate tuition fees for 2012-13, when the cap will rise to ?9,000. It will mark the...
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51勛圖 truths Down Under
Its higher education sector appears healthy, but will Australia's new demand-led system enable it to recruit enough domestic students to beat a drop in overseas recruitment and chronic underfunding?...
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Research intelligence: Feeding of the nine billion needs science, not miracles
A collaborative strategy will prioritise research into how to feed an expanding population. Neha Popat reports
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Tara Brabazon: Networking opportunities
Now is a fertile time to be conducting research among the proliferating forms of social media, writes Tara Brabazon
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Appointments
University of StirlingKathleen JamieKathleen Jamie is a poet in motion as she moves to the University of Stirling to take up a chair in creative writing. Professor Jamie began creative writing while...
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Campus round-up
Bath Spa UniversityWeighing Jade's legacyThe impact on young women of the media coverage of reality-TV star Jade Goody's battle with cervical cancer is being investigated by researchers. Academics at...