Jah-vis or Nah-vis?

We were all tremendously excited to learn of the appointment of Alistair Jarvis as CEO of Universities UK (UUK).

However, we do recognise a potential problem. In the old days it was very easy to distinguish UUK chief executive officers (CEOs) from male models advertising personal grooming products (MMAPGPs). The CEOs generally looked like they'd been dressed for a job interview by their mums in a branch of Mr Byrite; the MMAPGPs were the ones in the long hair and ripped clothing.

Stopping the Bleeding

Kubler-Ross: Helping us understand our grief

The tsunami that hit British politics on 23 June 2016 laid waste to many political careers and irreparably cracked the foundations of the European dream. In higher education there is still a sense of bewilderment and loss, and a group of survivors gathered at Senate House on Tuesday for a Wonkhe-sponsored day conference to survey the damage and assess how best to rebuild. As one of the first speakers put it, ‘how can we stop the bleeding?’