Penal critic warns of lockdown in progress Prison Service is stopping critics from accessing UK jails, scholar claims By Joe Sandler Clarke 5 February
Debating Islamic extremism: is this the best we can do? Anshuman Mondal, author of Islam and Controversy, deplores ‘impoverished’ discussion of rights and obligations By Joe Sandler Clarke 5 February
Comets, not cold figures of finance, will ignite debate on Europe In the debate over EU membership universities need to remind us of the ideal value of transnational knowledge, says Anna Notaro By Joe Sandler Clarke 22 January
‘People should be allowed to say things we don’t like’, says MP Liberal Democrat Julian Huppert decries ‘illiberal’ campuses and ‘selfish’ calls by v-cs to raise tuition fees By Joe Sandler Clarke 22 January
Employers ‘should participate more' in HE provision Employers should have more of a say in the design and delivery of the curriculum at universities in order to produce “work-ready” graduates By Joe Sandler Clarke 17 January
Academic regrets? I’ve got a few worth mentioning A professor with two decades of experience reviews his career highs and lows By Joe Sandler Clarke 15 January
Terror bill ‘incompatible’ with coalition’s stance on free speech after Paris attacks Lawyer says government condemns terror attack on Charlie Hebdo but legislation could have a ‘chilling effect’ on campus debate By Joe Sandler Clarke 15 January
Fine arts suffer class bias in National Student Survey, study says Researchers argue that nature of teaching in subjects means that they cannot score highly in survey By Joe Sandler Clarke 15 January
Universities ‘ignoring’ sexual harassment issue, says NUS The National Union of Students has accused universities of being ‘prepared to ignore’ incidents of sexual assault and harassment on campus By Joe Sandler Clarke 14 January
Will Self: freedom of speech a ‘fetish’ in wake of Paris attacks Freedom of speech has become a “sexual fetish” in the West in light of the Charlie Hebdo terror atrocity, according to academic and writer Will Self By Joe Sandler Clarke 13 January
Jobs for graduates predicted to hit record high Graduate recruitment is set to reach its highest level in more than a decade, according to new research By Joe Sandler Clarke 12 January
Universities’ place in North West economic plan highlighted David Cameron and George Osborne have trumpeted universities’ involvement in plans to boost the economy of the North West By Joe Sandler Clarke 8 January
Fee hike ‘has not driven teaching improvement’, says UUK panel Raising tuition fees to ?9,000 has not helped drive improvements in teaching despite the government’s insistence it would improve standards By Joe Sandler Clarke 6 January
Marketing spend up, but applications fail to follow suit Post-92s’ student marketing spend rises as sector observers question its value By Joe Sandler Clarke 20 March
Pitch rises while applications fall Student marketing spend trebled as Salford shut low-demand courses By Joe Sandler Clarke 16 January
Syria’s conflict takes its toll on academy and academics alike Exiled scholars speak of hopes for renewal and fears for lost generation By Joe Sandler Clarke 9 January
Peter Capaldi put forward as Glasgow rector candidate Hundreds of people have signed a petition nominating actor Peter Capaldi to be the new rector of the 51国产视频 of Glasgow. By Joe Sandler Clarke 25 December
