Salmond unveils ‘free tuition’ monument at Heriot-Watt
Alex Salmond has faced criticism after unveiling a monument at a university honouring his commitment to free higher education
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Social responsibility in science: former MRC chief sets out vision
A former chief executive of the Medical Research Council will this week set out his vision of how scientists can best fulfil their social responsibility
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Wellcome Trust announces major funding scheme changes
Early career researchers among those targeted for extra support
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Women and ethnic minorities still marginalised at top of universities
Some 78 per cent of professors, 72 per cent of senior managers and about 80 per cent of vice-chancellors and principals in the UK are men
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Current £9K fee system ‘fails sustainability test’, says report
The current £9,000 fee system is financially unsustainable and puts higher education at risk from a failed market, according to a report
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Job tests for graduates grow in Indian market
By Paul Fain, for Inside Higher Ed
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NUS publishes ‘roadmap for free education’
The National Union of Students has outlined its proposals for reforming how higher education in England is funded
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Student numbers to US up, including from India
The number of international students starting courses at US universities has increased by 7.5 per cent in the space of a year
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Comet mission inspires Classics research
Classicists and archaeologists are benefiting from technology remarkably similar to that used on the module that landed on Comet 67P
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Japan ‘can still be fruitful for recruitment’
British Council survey suggests students are still outward looking despite slump in number going overseas
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Keele and Derby vice-chancellors to step down
Two vice-chancellors have announced that they will be stepping down from their roles next summer
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Candidates for next UUK president confirmed
Julia Goodfellow among the three as she bids to be first woman in the post
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Marking boycott could be suspended next week
UCU to consult on halting action to allow more talks, provided academics’ pay is not docked
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European Commission scraps chief scientific adviser post
Scientists and science bodies have reacted with dismay to the decision by the European Commission to axe the post of chief scientific adviser.
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Clark: Send UK students to India to future-proof relationship
Universities minister announces plan to send 5,000 students a year to the subcontinent during his visit to Delhi