The European Commission must back down over its research funding plans
Ministers and MEPs are right to insist that FP10 should focus on much more than just immediate economic priorities, says Jan Palmowski

Ministers and MEPs are right to insist that FP10 should focus on much more than just immediate economic priorities, says Jan Palmowski

Union members hold Parliament rally urging ministers to bail out sector



Students face more ‘formulaic’ and automated tests, as staff are left unable to cope with growing class sizes

Teaching and nursing enrolments surge as students seek ‘safer’ career paths in an uncertain and expensive world

Staff in their late fifties offered voluntary severance may feel that they have no choice but to accept, but it could cost them thousands of pounds in pension payments

Longer-term funding isn’t a panacea but there is plenty of evidence that it can make a difference, say Grace Gottlieb and Matt Davis

Cash-strapped institution confirms it will not be investing upfront in new Central Asian outpost

Union fears as many as 300 jobs could go at Yorkshire university, plus courses in chemistry and film and television


Defunding of diversity-related research may deter American university libraries from buying titles in contentious topic areas, publishers fear

Board minutes show research council leaders assessing options including ‘NHS Catapult’ as they seek to meet government priorities

Reforms to boost opportunities for those just starting out could have the opposite effect, observers warn

The terror financing bill’s broad language may require international efforts to defend academic freedom, says Caroline Ball