Byrne tackles Willetts over science capital on debut
The capital element of the science budget should be ring fenced to avoid the peril of “announcement-based politics”, according to Labour’s new shadow minister for the sector.
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The #HEstrike: Twitter reaction
Twitter was awash with picket line updates from the higher education strike - here is a selection
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4 Halloween higher education horror posters
From university applications to the imminent higher education strike, horror movie imagery is taking grip of the higher education sector
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Halloween strike aims to spook 'miserly' universities
Strike rallies will take place across the UK today during a one-day walkout by university staff over pay, with some universities already cancelling classes
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THE podcast: 31 October 2013 issue review
Download the podcastThe number of Indian postgraduates applying to UK universities, vice-chancellors’ top higher education priorities, and our interview with Birkbeck professor Lynne Segal all...
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That’s Dr, if you please
In Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, the theme of academic titles makes a fleeting appearance. The title character is an academic archaeologist, and his young sidekick, Short Round, urges the...
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Government-commissioned researchers 'leaned on'
LSE research points to Whitehall ‘trying it on’
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Mooc rival OERu puts accreditation on menu
Coursework to be assessed for academic credit by member institutions
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It would be a really big help if…
His portfolio safe, David Willetts can enjoy some stability and clarity, the very things v-cs would like from the minister
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REF 2020 open access rules not ‘scary’, forum hears
Reassurance and concerns stated over new framework’s requirements
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Lancaster historian appeals against his inclusion in REF
Scholar hopes his ‘surreal’ action will show that excluded colleagues were ‘discriminated’ against
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Six months’ notice too restrictive, says scholar
Academic denied permission to start new job until after REF deadline
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Rich-poor higher education gap ‘wider than in 1963’
Social class ‘still biggest predictor of university attendance post-Robbins report’, conferences hear
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USS deficit could mean all have to pay more
Multibillion-pound funding gap may leave staff footing the bill
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Bedfordshire under fire for multiple PhD resubmission
‘Seriously flawed’ decision broke university regulations, QAA finds