EU is keen to double its funding for Erasmus
Around 450,000 students a year could study abroad on the Erasmus scheme after a funding increase by the European Union.
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Latin America forges Bologna-style links at home and in Europe
EU-funded project will develop affinities between institutions on two continents. Paul Jump reports
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Grant winners
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHHealth Technology Assessment(NIHR HTA) programme• Award winner: Charles Knowles• Institution: Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry• Value: £529,...
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Flock may change course
Studying abroad is of great value and the cost of UK degrees will shortly become prohibitive. Peter Brady identifies a dangerous mix
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'Huge strains' on the UK pay spine
Ucea chief tells John Morgan that national salary bargaining will be tested in the new fees order
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News in brief
Economic competitivenessEcosystem of exploitationA business thinktank led by Lancaster University has published its first report. The Big Innovation Centre's Making the UK a Global Innovation Hub...
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Celts lay plans to defend against English border raids
Wales fears losses as Scotland opens coffers in bid to keep its AAB students. David Matthews reports
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Officer class: QAA training for students' unions
Student officers are to receive training on how to comment on their university's quality assurance practices, enabling them to "challenge and shape the quality of teaching" under trebled fees.
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Brunel's academic griot will 'fight dead image of poetry'
Benjamin Zephaniah hopes to get poets performing in his first-ever university role. Jack Grove reports
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London fields of plenty for regional branches
Private-style courses as UK universities look to reap overseas harvest. John Morgan reports
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Stop me if you think you've read this before: self-plagiarism 'misconduct'
Repeating yourself academically may break ethical, copyright rules, says US paper. Andy Wright reports
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'Protected' MRC still sees fall in grant winners
The Medical Research Council's success rate for grant applications has declined by another percentage point, in spite of a drop in applications and real-terms protection for its budget.
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Seize the global day
We live in a connected global environment, Graeme Harper says, so why does the sector act like it's 1911, not 2011?
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'Progressive' austerity and the obvious death of Lib Dem England
Clegg and Cable offer nothing new, just a return to Depression politics. They have sown the wind, says Simon Lee, and will reap the whirlwind
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The American way: so much spent on so few graduates
OECD data offer 'arms race' warning to a UK sector emulating the US model. Simon Baker reports