Poachers' paradise
The economic woes of public universities in the US present ‘a prime opportunity’ for institutions with money to swoop in and snatch up staff. Jon Marcus reports
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EU risks brain drain if it fails to adopt new approach on innovation, Finnish State Secretary for Trade and Industry Paasivirta tells CoR Bureau
Brussels, 10 July 2006 Europe risks a “brain drain” to Asia and America unless it makes innovation a priority and invests more in education, research and business knowledge,...
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City University London - Post-recession preparation
A new course aims to produce graduates primed for success in the post-recession economy. The MA in innovation, creativity and leadership at City University London has been launched in response to the...
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News in Brief
Wakeham reviewRCUK's 5 per cent solutionUniversities and institutes with the least efficient research will be required to reduce their indirect costs by 5 per cent. The Research Councils UK report...
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Abelard to Apple: The Fate of American Colleges and Universities
Rivalry with Ivy Leaguers and for-profits is harming the 'squeezed middle', discovers Charles Middleton
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The Body Adorned: Dressing London
Are the curiosities of dress of various native peoples really so different from those of today’s London ‘tribes’, asks Matt Lodder
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History round-up
The Second World WarAuthor: A.W. PurdueEdition: SecondPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanPages: 240Price: £60.00 and £19.99ISBN: 97802309353 and 9360One of the most concise yet comprehensive accounts of...
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Cap and gown learning on a shoestring budget
With novel credentials being developed and employers seeing the value of low-cost study based on open courseware, Jon Marcus asks if the bricks-and-mortar elite will end up on the wrong side of...
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Bangor University - Staying alive, alive, alive-o
A project aimed at protecting the Irish Sea's £54 million shellfish industry has been launched in Wales. The Bangor University programme will involve academics from the Republic of Ireland and Wales...
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Inside Higher Ed: The Lure of the City
By Kevin Kiley, for Inside Higher Ed
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The War of the Sexes: How Conflict and Cooperation have Shaped Men and Women from Prehistory to the Present
Women are born to demand their share - just ask the hunter-gatherers, argues Camilla Power
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Campus round-up
Goldsmiths/Edinburgh/HertfordshireProphet margin vanishesAn experiment that supposedly proved the existence of psychic powers has been challenged by a group of British psychologists. Academics at...
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Ancient Chinese Thought, Modern Chinese Power
A call for political morality reveals top-level debates often missed outside China, writes Jonathan Fenby
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Union draws ire for its decision to hold fire
The leadership of the University and College Union is under fire from the Left of the organisation amid accusations that its retreat from a national strike ballot is a "debacle" that demolishes any...
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Campus round-up
Oxford/ImperialEyes are the prizeThe first gene therapy for choroideraemia - a degenerative disease that causes incurable blindness - has been carried out as part of a trial involving two...