Market grows in strength as states run out of cash
Conference speakers say private solutions needed to cope with demand. Phil Baty reports from Doha
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Tara Brabazon: The world class is not enough
After considering criteria that demand work ‘well above world standard’, Tara Brabazon concludes that an era of interplanetary scholarship must be upon us
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Social sciences round-up
Knowledge-in-Practice in the Caring Professions: Multidisciplinary PerspectivesEditors: Heather D'Cruz, Struan Jacobs and Adrian SchooEdition: FirstPublisher: AshgatePages: 266Price: £60.00 and £19....
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Foreign fees may founder as 'perfect storm' brews
University heads fear recession, flu and visa rules will stop overseas students. Hannah Fearn writes
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News in brief
Misconduct chargesExam-paper professor suspendedAn investigation at the University of Manchester into a professor accused of failing to rigorously mark exam papers has found that there is a case to...
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Don't forget to remember
Felipe Fernández-Armesto says we must choose our commemorations wisely
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Excellence in the round
This year our rankings show not only the top institutions but also the strongest countries in higher education, says Martin Ince
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Lancaster University - Gas guzzlers
A £2.5 million research project into how rainforests control the composition and chemistry of the atmosphere is being led by Lancaster University. The three-year venture, funded by the Natural...
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The market charge
Did necessity or ideology drive thinking behind Browne and the CSR, and will unleashing student/consumer demand improve or imperil the sector? Simon Baker investigates
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Liverpool Hope University - Christianity scholars commune
Scholars from around the world gathered for a conference on Asian and African Christianity at Liverpool Hope University. Twenty academics took part in the event last weekend, among them professor of...
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The book of the week: The New Asian Hemisphere: The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the East
Radhakrishnan Nayar on 'de-Westernisation'
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Appointments
The first female vice-chancellor in Wales has been appointed at the University of Glamorgan. Julie Lydon, the current deputy vice-chancellor at the institution, will replace David Halton who retires...
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Students, get it off your chest
Suggestion boxes could be used to encourage overseas learners to complain. John Gill reports
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Defiant Publics: The Unprecedented Reach of the Global Citizen
Daniel Drache, professor of political science at York University in Toronto, describes recent developments in activism connected to the internet and communications revolution in a book that new...
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Overseas briefing
AUSTRALIAV-c copies work from WikipediaA vice-chancellor embroiled in a row over an A$100,000 (£47,000) grant from Saudi Arabia has admitted copying incorrect information about Islam from Wikipedia....