Tipping point for Uganda as lack of resources not addressed
David Matthews reports from Kampala on problems with public funding and academic freedom
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No plaudits for 'audit culture'
Collection of scholarly essays attacks 'distorting' effects of coalition reforms. Simon Baker reports
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News in brief
University sportsGame on for 2012The third Universities Week is to celebrate the higher education sector's contribution to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Running from 30 April to 7 May...
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Appliance of science (and arts) the key to recruitment
Bath v-c tells Simon Baker how appointment strategy is vital to sector's long-term health
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Dreaming the impossible dream 'is no strategy for the squeezed middle'
Lessons for UK as book details often inappropriate focus of American institutions. Matthew Reisz writes
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Foreign outposts will benefit from Knight moves
The head of University College London's Australian campus has been assured by the nation's immigration minister that it will benefit from relaxed student-visa rules, after concerns that it would be...
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News in brief
IndiaSafe to enter? You'll scare us offIndia's plans to usher in foreign universities could scare off American colleges, an official from the US Department of Commerce has warned. The foreign...
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Greece scraps 'academic asylum' laws to curb abuse
State repeals ban against police on campus after reports of criminal activity. Jack Grove reports
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Rand: reform R&D to revivify Hellenic economy
The Greek research system should be overhauled to help boost economic growth, a government-commissioned review has found, as the state-reliant sector faces a squeeze in the nation's debt meltdown.
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Grant winners
WELLCOME TRUST INVESTIGATOR AWARDSEach investigator will receive from £500,000 over three years to more than £3 million over seven years.• Award winners: William Cookson and Miriam Moffatt•...
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Careering out of control
By collaborating to provide careers advice to teenagers, universities will help to broaden outreach, says Tessa Stone
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A national institution: should it be left to die or is it worth reviving?
If the University of Wales survives the calls for closure, its leaders need to clarify its purpose, cautions alumnus Deian Hopkin
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Still a masculine noun
Research remains male-dominated and the equality guidelines proposed for the REF don't go far enough, says Carole Leathwood
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English sector may be purposely over-recruiting
With acceptances way up, is over-recruitment being used to beat drop in 2012-13? asks Simon Baker
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Unions divided over pay offer
Higher education's unions are divided on the £150 national pay offer, as employers predict tougher wage battles ahead when higher tuition fees create a belief that the sector is "awash with cash".