Inside Higher Ed: Game for a better grade?
By Kaustuv Basu for Inside Higher Ed
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Miliband attacks university access obsession
Debate on social mobility is too focused on university access, Labour Party leader Ed Miliband has argued.
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Russell Group students dominate Erasmus scheme
More than half of the UK students who took part in Erasmus in 2010-2011 come from just 20 universities, most of which are Russell Group institutions.
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Sussex ‘sell-off’ stirs union ire
The University and College Union has condemned plans by the University of Sussex to “privatise” some 235 of the 2,200 jobs at the institution.
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Elsevier editor quits over 'restricted access'
An associate editor of a leading Elsevier journal has resigned, claiming the publisher is “denying developing countries access to research findings”.
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UUK to appeal to Cameron for leniency over migration figures
Universities UK is appealing to the prime minister to remove overseas students from the net migration count, ahead of a possible backlash against the sector arising from the next batch of immigration...
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Ripping yarns
Like it or not, impact is a fact of research life. Paul Manners suggests that many scholars do like it, and with good reason: portraying the dialectic between academic work and the wider world is...
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News in brief
ChinaScholarship proves short-sightedStudy habits may explain why the vast majority of Chinese students wear glasses, new research has suggested. A study published in The Lancet says that "increasing...
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Germany stretches welcome mat for graduates
Foreign students graduating from German universities will be allowed to work for up to 18 months while they seek a graduate-level job under new legislation designed to attract global talent.The...
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Great reconstruction of mind, body, spirit and environment
Canterbury recovery continues apace 15 months after Christchurch quake. Rachel Williams writes
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All-you-can-study prize sickens NUS
Cardiff's Lifetime Scholarship resembles Hunger Games, body claims. David Matthews reports
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News in brief
Capital fundingWestminster matchmakersUniversities will be able to bid for up to £35 million in matched public funding for major research capital projects as part of a new programme, the government...
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Translate business-speak into entrepreneurial ideas
David Matthews meets new ABS head Paul Marshall, who wants the business schools to find their voice
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A word of advices: let speakers of Englishes do it their way, UK told
Embrace internationalism - loosen up that mother tongue, scholar suggests. Matthew Reisz writes
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Grant winners
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHEfficacy and Mechanism Evaluation programmeAward winner: Valerie Moyra PomeroyInstitution: University of East AngliaValue: £1,231,854Clinical efficacy of...