Treasured maps
This historic atlas is one of 30 that will be included in a digitisation project at the University of Bristol. Several hundred rare images documenting everything from human anatomy to a CIA record of...
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Middle East taps a well of research in STEM fields
Region's share of global papers doubles, but quality is still a concern. Paul Jump reports
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Could Japanese hospital doctors offer a remedy to student place dilemma?
Ministers still scratching their heads over how to release individual English universities from controls on student numbers while keeping a lid on the cost to the taxpayer have been urged to look at...
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National strike action on cards as ex-president critiques UCU
Review raises fresh concerns about Left influence in union, John Morgan writes
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'UK doesn't want us, let's go elsewhere'
Visa proposals are already discouraging foreign applicants, expert warns. Sarah Cunnane reports
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EPSRC: mutual benefits undermined by war of all against all for funding
Council chief sings praises of collaboration and calls for formulaic support, writes Paul Jump
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News in Brief
Sexual harassment'Fruitbatgate' sanctions reducedAn academic who was found guilty of sexual harassment by University College Cork after showing a female colleague a research paper on oral sex among...
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Easy as ABC? Too late now
Data for applicants? The sector should have taken a leaf out of the newspaper publishing book, Philip Cowan laments
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D'oh! State of anxiety as coalition realises fees sums don't add up
Universities' intention to charge £9,000 fees has undermined the government's plans. Bahram Bekhradnia considers its options
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UCU vote means 63 universities face strikes
Sixty-three of the UK’s most prestigious universities face strikes over changes to pensions after members of the University and College Union backed stoppages.
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Voices of protest under the dreaming spires
A formal campaign against the government’s higher education reforms is to be set up at the University of Oxford.
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Exeter goes to the top of the cap
The University of Exeter, which is led by Steve Smith, president of Universities UK, plans to set undergraduate tuition fees at £9,000 a year, the maximum allowed.
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Bloody mess: LSE’s rearguard action against Libyan links continues
Tainted money, allegations of plagiarism and surrender to the demands of angry student occupiers: the London School of Economics’ links to Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of Libyan leader Mu’ammer...
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Hefce reduces points of impact in REF
The weighting given to impact in the first research excellence framework will be less than originally envisaged, the Higher Education Funding Council for England has confirmed.
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Gloucestershire turns to BIS for new v-c
The University of Gloucestershire has appointed a senior official at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills as its new vice-chancellor.