Ucas stats: 15,000 more male applicants have physics A level
There are about 15,000 more 18-year-old boys with an A level in physics applying to university than girls, according to new statistics
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Scottish education secretary Michael Russell loses post in reshuffle
Michael Russell has been replaced as Scottish education secretary in the cabinet of new First Minister Nicola Sturgeon
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Grammar schools 'not linked to degree advantage’
Grammar schooling is “not linked to any significant advantage” in getting a degree or graduating from an “elite” institution, new research suggests
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Top 20 universities for producing billionaires
Want to get rich? Well, you should consult this list of universities which have produced the most super-rich graduates
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Marking boycott over USS reform suspended
Industrial action called over the reforms to pre-1992 university pensions has been suspended.
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THE podcast: 20-26 November 2014 issue review
Download the podcastGrant application success rates, feared cuts to the research budget, this week’s THE books section and scholars’ favourite portrayals of academia in literature are all discussed...
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University life: which works of fiction are most telling?
John Sutherland, Sarah Churchwell and others pick books that capture truths about the sector
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Email from Ngeti: An Ethnography of Sorcery, Redemption, and Friendship in Global Africa, by James H. Smith and Ngeti Mwadime
One-way secrets in a gripping exchange between a Kenyan and an Africanist trouble Joanna Lewis
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20 November 2014
Novel take - John Sutherland, Sarah Churchwell and others on fiction that captures truths about the sector
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Sir David Bell, E. Stina Lyon, June Purvis, Sharon Wheeler and Richard Whittle...
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Carol Lancaster, 1942-2014
A leading figure in American foreign policy and a long-term dean at Georgetown University, who was described by Hillary Clinton as “a true champion for human development and women’s progress”, has...
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Q&A with Paul Boyle
We speak to the new vice-chancellor of the University of Leicester and former chief executive of the ESRC
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A significant step towards a mature Scottish model of higher education
Ferdinand von Prondzynski welcomes planned legislation that addresses key university governance issues
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World in brief - 20 November 2014
Source: AlamyUnited StatesOverseas student numbers on the riseThe number of international students starting courses at US universities has increased by 7.5 per cent in the space of a year. Some 0,128...
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Grant winners - 20 November 2014
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research CouncilTechnology ProgrammeAward winner: Mark PlumbleyInstitution: Queen Mary University of LondonValue: £77,443Audio data exploration: new insights and...