State-funded overseas exchanges: scholarship or tourism? | News | Times Higher Education

State-funded overseas exchanges: scholarship or tourism? | News | Times Higher Education  A pressure group of modernisers within the Conservative Party, of which David Willetts is president, is to launch a campaign to take international students out of the government’s net migration target ahead of the next election

Overworked and isolated - work pressure fuels mental illness in academia | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional

Overworked and isolated - work pressure fuels mental illness in academia | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional Academics suffering mental health problems blame their university work directly for their illness, exclusive findings from a Guardian survey reveal.



Heavy workloads, lack of support and isolation are the key factors contributing to mental illness, according to respondents, who range from PhD students to vice-chancellors

University reputations: will teachers pay the price? | Education | The Guardian

University reputations: will teachers pay the price? | Education | The Guardian Lecturers say the new funding system based on research is putting jobs – and teaching quality – at risk

Academic workload: a model approach | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional

Academic workload: a model approach | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional One of the concerns that I hear most frequently from university senior managers is that they have no idea how members of their academic staff are spending their time

Social scientists explain many things – but can they explain themselves? | Kate Roach | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Social scientists explain many things – but can they explain themselves? | Kate Roach | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Not very often they can't......

Academy Update - Higher Education Academy

Academy Update - Higher Education Academy

Latest update from the Higher Education Academy - includes information on residential courses for new lecturers in HE. Worth a look!

Times Higher Education - World University Rankings, education news and university jobs - Attractive forces at work

Times Higher Education - World University Rankings, education news and university jobs - Attractive forces at workBeing brilliant academically isn't enough any more - if you want your career to soar you need to cultivate your erotic capital assets.