Grant winners
EUROPEAN RESEARCH COUNCILThe ERC's second Advanced Grants Awards, worth up to EUR3.5 million (£3.1 million), are for established researchers. Life sciences, physical sciences and engineering awards...
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Blog Confidential: Burnt out and nowhere to go
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online
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Appointments
De Montfort UniversityDominic ShellardDe Montfort University has named its next vice-chancellor, who at the age of 43 will be the youngest in the sector. Dominic Shellard, who is currently pro vice-...
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All in the game of science
The CRU stands accused of political manipulation but, says Martin Cohen, this is what scientists have always done
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'Customer' isn't always right: market model could lead to disaster
Prevailing dogma could ruin the academy and produce a generation of dependent, unmotivated, risk-averse students, argues Neal Curtis
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Field rankings for Iran
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, January 1999-October 2009
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The week in higher education
An academic who quit after his decision to fail underperforming students was changed without his knowledge has said his victory in court "restores the right of individual academics to return marks...
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Trojan accreditation: Private partners pose threat in the battle for students
Universities are being undercut by colleges' low-fee offerings, UUK warns. Melanie Newman reports
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Adam Smith report calls for Right turn to privatised academy
A claim that UK higher education cannot be considered a success while it receives a £14.3 billion annual public subsidy has been dismissed by senior sector figures.The suggestion is made in a report...
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USS faces ethical dilemma over strip-mining operation
Campaigners lobby pension fund to pull cash from controversial Indian scheme, John Morgan writes
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Elites may get even more postgrad cash
Hefce set to reassess research degree programme allocation after Smith review, writes Zoë Corbyn
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Privately schooled graduates more likely to take further degrees
Study suggests that the demographic profile of postgraduates is shifting. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Wales to boost its image with a learned society
Welsh academics are aiming to create their own version of the British Academy or Royal Society with the launch of the first Learned Society for Wales.The society, which will be based in Cardiff, will...
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New universities protective of their share of the pot
As the battle over postgraduate funding heats up, a group of newer universities has moved to protect its share of the pot, rebuking those who "wrongly assume that postgraduate study is the province...
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Full toolkit for setting standards to be reviewed
The "obscure and misleading" terminology used in the setting of degree standards is to be reviewed for the first time in a decade.The Quality Assurance Agency has launched a consultation on its "...