Base expands Chinese link
A university aims to attract research investment with 'collaborative centre'. John Morgan writes
A university aims to attract research investment with 'collaborative centre'. John Morgan writes
MalaysiaWatchdog bites private sectorThe Malaysian government has fined a record number of private universities and vowed to tighten up oversight of the sector following concerns over academic...
Begun as a counterweight to journal impact tables, Faculty of 1000 starts its own. Paul Jump writes
Open-access publishingCORE melds UK repositoriesA search engine that allows researchers to search all of the papers held in the UK's 142 open-access repositories has been developed by The Open...

Conservatives are keen to follow Swedish, Danish lead in charging non-EU students. Jack Grove writes

Supporting reconstruction in Iraq drove home the value of teaching, an HEA Fellow tells Jack Grove
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHHealth Services Research (NIHR HSR) programme• Award winner: Paul Roderick• Institution: University of Southampton• Value: £360,490A national study of practice...
University rankings are inapplicable to the developing world and risk doing damage there, argues Adam Habib

Journal owners want academics to work with them towards the shared goal of furthering and disseminating research, says Graham Taylor

The longer one wears the crown, the more tyrannical he becomes - a senior academic offers a theory of vice-chancellors' behaviour
An iPad or Kindle does not magically improve education, says Cathy Davidson

Mooted change in legal status may allow investors to obtain degree-awarding powers. John Morgan writes
Suspended academic launches own investigation and decries 'smear campaign'. Paul Jump reports

Lord Sainsbury tells Simon Baker that the coalition is failing to learn from Labour's policy mistakes
The National Union of Students has warned lecturers that student support for industrial action over pensions could be withdrawn.