7 mars 2015

By Matthew Reisz. View from leading scholar is among many put forward ahead of major prize recognising arts, humanities and social sciences.
Do the social sciences and humanities open up whole new imaginary worlds or run the risk of “autoerotic” self-indulgence?
A range of views were expressed in a debate on “Promoting Humanities and Social Sciences in Today’s Society”, held at the Norwegian Ambassador’s residence in London last week. More...

By Holly Else. Conditions for female academics in some university history departments “smack still of the 1970s”, according to a new report. More...

By Holly Else. The Royal Society has not been able to find any reason why so few women were successful in securing awards from one of its fellowship schemes in 2014. More...

By Jack Grove. It was announced in April that the allowance would be restricted from 2015-16, with universities asked to make up the shortfall, a move that was branded “arrogant and out of touch” at the time by the National Union of Students. More...

By Jack Grove. England’s university access tsar boycotted a conference on student welfare after a controversial lending firm was also invited to speak. More...

By Chris Havergal. A major reorganisation of quality-related funding in Scotland will take money away from the “ancient” universities and hand it to newer institutions. More...

By Chris Havergal. The conversion of polytechnics into universities has been lamented as a “poor decision” by the business secretary. Mr Cable told the Association of Colleges’ annual higher education conference, held on 4 March, that the UK suffered from a lack of higher level and specialised apprenticeships. More...

By Chris Havergal. Strict conditions on Glyndwr University’s licence to recruit international students are to be maintained, following a Home Office review. More...

By Chris Havergal. Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy has ruled out the introduction of tuition fees north of the border if his party wins next year’s Holyrood election. More...