High stakes: £21m fines and 'blindfold poker'
Over-recruitment penalties soar in costly guessing game over enrolments, writes John Morgan
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Concern as Finch group declines to set guidelines on open-access fees
The group charged with thrashing out how the UK should expand access to publicly funded research has decided against setting any guideline figures for open-access article charges, raising concerns...
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Near-unanimity on strike ballot
Job losses and 'crude metrics' add up to mandate for walkout vote at Queen Mary. Paul Jump reports
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Hefce's purse strings may be tied to concordat
Universities could be forced to sign up to the proposed Concordat to Support Research Integrity as a condition of public funding under proposals being considered by the Higher Education Funding...
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Put services cash to good use, sector told
Hefce-backed campaign aims to channel funds to social enterprises. David Matthews reports
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Family portraits
This image of Manchester's Chinatown by photography student Hannah Mitchell was one of many taken for a project to provide images for 60 bedrooms at a newly opened health facility.
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UCU leader poses question to Left: I've listened to members; have you?
Sally Hunt moves to avoid showdown over reforms at annual conference. Jack Grove reports
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Placements useful because PhDs need Plan B
Universities are struggling to balance recommendations to send PhD students on internships with the fact that their supervisors often fail to see the value of such placements, a conference has heard.
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Steady hand needed on the tiller as UCL charts global waters
Malcolm Grant's successor must look abroad while keeping an eye on home. Elizabeth Gibney reports
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News in brief
Postgraduate employmentHigh marks pay off for physicistsGraduate earnings depend more on degree class than on the institution attended - at least in physics. This is one of the conclusions of a...
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Victory is tweet for the academy's hard-working but unsung heroes
Colleagues laud devotion to duty in our #loveHE competition to find sector stars. John Elmes writes
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News in brief
United StatesPresidential addresses are costlyA public university system has spent $2 million (£1.3 million) on renovating presidents' homes over the past decade. An investigation by California Watch...
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What Matters in Jane Austen?: Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved
Jane's brilliance, John Mullan tells Matthew Reisz, lies not only in her insights and keen eye for detail, but also in an uncanny ability to make her readers feel every bit as clever as her
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More risk for you, Sir?
Mr Les Onions, our Head of Fundraising, has welcomed the news from Fiona Kirk, the director of development at the London School of Economics, that the LSE will "rebuild an appetite for risk" after...
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Lord Glenamara of Glenridding, 1912-2012
A former education and science minister who was a "driving force" behind the creation of polytechnics and served as chancellor of what is now Northumbria University has died.Ted Short - who became a...