Social science

Talks with overseas agencies about common review criteria could herald borderless funding, reports Zoe Corbyn

The academic who helped show how the better-off get more from comprehensive schools than the poor tells Melanie Newman of his experience of the class divide

Orientation classes for first-years offer a chilling insight into an entire cohort's lack of spelling and grammar skills, says a university lecturer

Tackling climate change is about a lot more than understanding the science, insists Mike Hulme.

'If I find out that the gang plans to carry out a murder,' the sociologist asked his supervisor, 'should I tell someone?' Sudhir Venkatesh tells Matthew Reisz about fieldwork Chicago-style

Employers and grant-holders concerned at lack of qualified research staff. Melanie Newman writes.

Brian Snowdon sees a case for economists demonstrating that theirs is a discipline broad in scope and inclusive in recruitment

English institutions record second year of growth but Welsh take a hit. Rebecca Attwood reports

Sciences and humanities must not be judged differently, and peer review and timetabling need reassessment, organisations say. Zoe Corbyn reports

Industry alarm as revenue officials look at sector's business venture income. Zoe Corbyn reports

Anthony Phelan on a rich harvest of insight and riddle from one of Europe's great cultural critics

Research council aims to integrate science and policy in flagship programme. Zoe Corbyn reports.

Birkbeck's Ian Conrich, the driving force behind New Zealand studies in the UK, fell in love with the country via its cinema.

Susan Bassnett admires a playfully serious paean to the joys of not curling up with a good book.

Peter Sinclair finds the Washington Consensus isn't a reliable prescription for developing economies.

Forget the Kop and the Cavern Club: it's the campus that powers Liverpool. Harriet Swain examines the dynamic impact higher education can have on a city.

£1,000 a year to park your car on campus - are universities being green or mean? Hannah Fearn investigates.

National teaching-skills body has yet to prove its worth, say some v-cs. Rebecca Attwood reports.

Funding allocations could hinge on cutting carbon emissions, Denham says. John Gill reports.