Reading hopes Malaysia branch will bear fruit
The University of Reading aims to open a campus in Malaysia, becoming the latest in a growing band of UK universities to establish overseas offshoots.
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VAT shift could open back door to mergers
But as tax rules ease, institutional unions still face cultural hurdles, say experts. Simon Baker writes
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CRUK halts basic science grants as its research budget suffers 10% cut
Cancer charity's move closes option for early career scientists, experts fear. Paul Jump reports
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London Met to trim postgrad courses and prices
London Metropolitan University is set for further immediate course closures after an internal report recommended a "transformation" of postgraduate provision and the setting of relatively low tuition...
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76% white and male? That's today's UK professoriate
Equality body highlights gap in race and gender representation at senior level. John Morgan reports
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Students demand connection and feedback, now
Students currently going through the higher education system are part of a "net generation" who expect instant feedback because of their heavy reliance on mobile phones, social media and video games...
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News in brief
European CommissionChief Scientific Adviser namedA Scottish biologist has been appointed the European Commission's first Chief Scientific Adviser. Anne Glover, professor of molecular and cell biology...
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Artifice is the name of The X Factor game
The gigantic, apocalyptic glittering ball of The X Factor reflects back only what we give it, argues Will Brooker
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Diary
BBC Radio 4Sex and the Single GirlFirst published in 1962, the book Sex and the Single Girl sold 2 million copies in the first three weeks and soon landed author Helen Gurley Brown the role of editor...
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The Pick - Anselm Kiefer: Il Mistero delle Cattedrali
Anselm Kiefer: Il Mistero delle CattedraliWhite Cube gallery, Bermondsey, London, until 26 FebruaryAnselm Kiefer's Hortus Philosophorum seems to be a pile of uprooted mutant sunflowers. They are made...
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Vanity, thy name is D108
"I won't take this lying down." That was the forthright response of Dr Quintock of our Department of Media and Cultural Studies to the news that his BA D108 course has been axed by Janet Fluellen,...
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For fair access, Oxford needs to drop the snobbery
Not being 'suckered' by posh veneer is the key to succeeding, Baroness Kennedy tells Simon Baker
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TV review: The Killing II
Sarah Lund is in danger of being upstaged by her sweaters in the hit series The Killing, says Gary Day
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Film review: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Guy Ritchie's new film is a visceral, action-packed extravaganza. Davina Quinlivan enjoys the ride
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Tom Troscianko, 1953-2011
Tom Troscianko was a fun, intellectually interesting academic who could "turn a trip into an adventure".Born in 1953, Professor Troscianko joined the British Steel Corporation in 1970 as a lab...