Quotas call for female vice-chancellors
Study proposes code of practice for recruitment firms to help address inequality
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Today’s intellectuals: too obedient?
Fred Inglis on the obligation of academics to speak truth to power
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The Army and Democracy: Military Politics in Pakistan, by Aqil Shah
Farzana Shaikh finds persuasive arguments in an analysis of democracy and military rule in Pakistan
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Campus close-up: University of Southampton
Web Science Institute aims to produce multidisciplinary research and graduates ready to play key roles in the digital economy
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Students studying for UK qualification abroad up 5 per cent
But more than 40 per cent are registered with Oxford Brookes, says Hesa
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News in brief - 29 May 2014
IoE/UCL mergerAll done bar the due diligence?A merger of the Institute of Education and University College London is set to be completed by December after the institutions’ governing councils gave...
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Online window on India’s recent past
Five million pages available, from official reports to cinematic ephemera. Matthew Reisz writes
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Campus close-up: Heriot-Watt University
Scotland’s ‘international university’ is investing in growth at overseas and domestic sites
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Grant winners - 27 February 2014
Health FoundationAward winner: Sara DemainInstitution: University of SouthamptonValue: ?238,000Self-management VOICED (valued outcomes of importance: consensus and disparity)?Leverhulme TrustMajor...
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Graduates postpone job hunt as gap years take off
Poor career prospects fuel rise in US university leavers seeking ‘funemployment’
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Eastern promise
I’m sitting in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (previously Saigon), a?progressive and cosmopolitan metropolis that has an abundance of scooters and a vibrant cafe culture. With a distinctive Parisian feel...
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Young universities’ secrets of success
Five youthful institutions that have jettisoned tired thinking are blazing their own paths ahead
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The New Emperors: Power and the Princelings in China, by Kerry Brown
Seven men rule the Middle Kingdom, but why them? Jonathan Mirsky on a study of Party potentates
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News in brief - 10 April 2014
InternationalisationHopes and fears, globally speakingUniversities around the world fear the “commodification and commercialization of education”, according to a survey. The International Association...
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Small firms lack resources to make most of open access
SMEs need tools as well as content to pinpoint research ‘nuggets’, says Elsevier chief