No sweet outcome for PhD worker bees
Science conference hears that many students are 'mis-sold' an academic career
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To sleep, perchance to dream (of something other than the REF)
A study of UK academics has found that research policy is causing restless nights
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Good credit gives sector licence to print money
De Montfort University is reportedly on the verge of issuing a £120 million public bond, after ratings agency Moody's gave it a high credit rating based on a belief that the government would bail out...
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Confucian, but not confused
Chinese-heritage students say stress or sloth, not cultural mores, spurs plagiarism. Jack Grove writes
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News in brief
University qualificationsSums rise in the EastBy 2020 more than four in 10 young graduates in countries that are members of either the G20 or the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development...
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Don't bore us, get to the 'useful answer' chorus, says ex-minister
Education scholars told to swap 'minor' research for policy-focused pursuits. Matthew Reisz reports
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Vive la résistance! Students rise up to fight fees increase
But Quebec's government is determined not to be swayed by months of protests. Erin Millar reports
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News in brief
United StatesYou booze, you loseThe governing body of a US university has warned its president to curb her drinking or it will sack her. In a recent letter to Susan Martin, Eastern Michigan...
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Academic-turned-politician aims to fix engine of state
Mohamed Morsi leaves academy behind to lead Egypt in the post-Spring age. David Matthews reports
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Fast-tracking? We've got it
Poppleton's for-profit Elsie Dimchurch College of Drama and Deportment has been one of the "winners" in the recent review of private college courses undertaken by the Department for Business,...
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Tom Duke, 1964-2012
One of the leading biological physicists of his generation has died.Tom Duke was born in Claygate, Surrey, on 14 March 1964 and received a scholarship to study at King's College School, Wimbledon. A...
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Agents are not the villains of piece
Regarding "Grand fee paid for each foreign student" (News, 5 July). The article makes much of Newcastle University spending £2.2 million on recruitment agents' commission. What it does not mention is...
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Tricky balancing act
As academics, we are trained to understand complexity but too often argue in binary. The Dame Janet Finch-led Working Group on Expanding Access to Published Research Findings, of which I was a member...
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Failure of principle
We write to express our outrage at a recent decision by the University and College Union's national executive (on which we sit). Before the committee was a motion expressing regret about Labour Party...
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Utility judgement
Regarding "Failing the Turing test" (21 June): Fred Inglis' attack on the research excellence framework offers a sterile response to a dispiriting problem, and in doing so misses the point.Impact...