Research intelligence - Damming the 'data deluge'
A workshop aims to bring design to bear on increasingly complex scientific information. Neha Popat reports
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Say it loud: I¡¯m a ranker and I¡¯m proud
Rankings can be a positive force in higher education, says Phil Baty in his speech from Going Global 2011
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Reboot camp
Aspiring and seasoned US journalists alike are looking to tech-savvy graduate schools to help them survive and thrive in a new multimedia environment. Jon Marcus reports
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#LoveHE: Making your own luck
Anshul Tomer, a successful actor and singer, is thankful for the life-changing experience of studying in Edinburgh
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Research intelligence: Getting more 'D' out of R&D
Labour plans a series of innovation centres to exploit the commercial benefits of UK research. Hannah Fearn reports
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Failure is not an option
Reflexive claims for the US academy's greatness ring hollow, says John Summers, given elite institutions' tight links with economic and political power and lack of appetite for challenging ideas
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REF Pilot: humanities impact is evident and can be measured
Judy Simons declares that the cultural and societal benefits of the arts are transformative, calculable and must be advertised
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Campus round-up
Institute of Education - Primary class divideDifferent rates of progress among children in their first two years at school are still driven largely by their parents' social class, a UK-wide study has...
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Cutbacks in research funding may cost the British economy dearly
The UK's first-class knowledge economy will be consigned to second-class status if the axe is wielded too savagely, Steve Smith warns
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Appointments
University of NottinghamMartin BinksA one-time novelist with a flair for entrepreneurial thinking has been appointed dean of Nottingham University Business School. Martin Binks, who is also professor...
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Mixed reception
The high tuition fees paid by overseas students are an attractive source of revenue in these straitened times. But will higher education reforms change all that? Matthew Partridge investigates
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Tiny departmental steps to cutting costs without the axe's dread fall
Business technique reduces spending and boosts efficiency, advocates claim. Hannah Fearn writes
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The fruits of Californication
The Golden State's mix of public planning, spin-off innovation and private excellence has made it one of the global academy's powerhouses. But funding cuts threaten the University of California's pre...
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Gaming the World: How Sports Are Reshaping Global Politics and Culture
This book is a valuable contribution to the burgeoning study of sport in a global perspective. Focusing largely on the "Big Four" sports in the US (baseball, basketball, American football and ice...
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Towards freedom, and more success
The past 10 years have seen their fair share of ups and downs for higher education in Ireland, but Ferdinand von Prondzynski, outgoing president of Dublin City University, leaves his post with more...