HQ property deal will cost UCU up to £4 million, trustee claims
The University and College Union will make a "staggering loss" of up to £4 million in a property deal for its headquarters, a union trustee has claimed.
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What a diff'rence an 'A' makes to university entry
Students whose A-level grades fall just short of AAB next year could be at risk of missing out on a university place altogether, a number of institutions have warned.
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Policymakers urged to embrace collaboration
The concentration of research funding in a few elite universities has been described as a "policy trap" that fails to reflect the modern trend towards wider academic collaboration.
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Future of national pay bargaining in doubt ahead of public sector reform
Current university salary system may struggle to survive impetus to local deals. John Morgan writes
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Scholar spots risky business in USS investments
The "high-risk" investment strategy pursued by the Universities Superannuation Scheme has been a bigger problem for pensions than rising life expectancy, an academic has claimed.
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Radical treatment? Not radical enough
UCL professor says life sciences strategy doesn't have 'big enough vision'. John Morgan reports
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Commission offers 2020 vision of less red tape and a lot more cash
Plaudits for Framework Programme's simplified and increased funding provision. Paul Jump reports
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Contempt for vocational study is led by the well-to-do, administrators hear
The chair of the University of Sussex's council has issued a staunch defence of courses derided as "Mickey Mouse" degrees.
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News in brief
Research fundingDon't 'micromanage', says NurseFunders should avoid "micromanaging" research and requiring applicants to set out the impact of their proposals, according to the president of the Royal...
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Do you feel lucky? Google Books is at heart a catalogue of errors
Scholar highlights flawed metadata in the world's largest digital library. Matthew Reisz writes
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An impoverished relation
The 'core-and-margin' policy will cost colleges dear - another unforeseen result of coalition plans, says Philip Davies
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Offa's strikes against bursaries not work of fair-access champion
Wes Streeting argues that a truly independent watchdog would back upfront cash for low-income students, not 'fee waivers' for the state
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Control. Halt. Delete
Soul-crushing email causes stress and slows work. Oliver Double proposes some ways to cut the burden. Email-free Friday, anyone?
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Dickens and London
Charles Dickens' London, full of strangeness, suffering and laughter, is ever closer to today's metropolis, John Bowen argues
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Diary
BBC Radio 4Blue Notes, Cold NightsA generation of African-American musicians escaped racism at home to build new lives, and create new music, in Scandinavia. In Blue Notes, Cold Nights, country blues...