Research funding: report affirms it should be based on excellence, not size
University Alliance claims focusing funding on large units may stifle research base. Paul Jump reports
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A plum role, yet few have a clue what a professor is supposed to do
Strong scholarship is needed to acquire the title, but what then? Matthew Reisz writes
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Academics see red over principal's 'retirement'
The University of Abertay Dundee has lost a pro vice-chancellor and a fifth member of its court during two weeks of turmoil after it announced the retirement of its suspended principal.
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In it for the money? UK needs to rescue overseas reputation
Sector must win back students put off by fees and visa rules, new UKCISA head tells John Morgan
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Private leaders say harmful immigration changes will prevent competition
Private higher education firms may be unable to fulfil the "vision" set out by David Willetts, the universities minister, of forcing competition on universities because new student visa rules could...
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Equality to score higher in REF
Academics who have taken maternity or sick leave will require fewer submissions, writes Paul Jump
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Survey of staff and student faith draws criticism
Universities should gather information on the religious backgrounds of their staff and consider "investigation into the intersections between the curriculum, teaching and religion or belief",...
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King's looks for more support for new chair
College advertises new palaeography post despite scrapping the original position, writes John Morgan
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News in Brief
University accessFive go mad in OxbridgeFive high-flying schools sent more students to Oxbridge over three years than 2,000 other UK schools and colleges put together, a report by the Sutton Trust...
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Direction of travel raises hopes of US-Cuban détente
Academic exchanges back on the agenda as Obama relaxes visa laws. Sarah Cunnane reports
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Deconstructing debt
Higher fees will lead to greater student indebtedness, so we need new ways to 'sell' this fact, argues Kathryn Jones
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In ourselves we trust: if quality is the aim, think outside the tick-box
What can a Dutch traffic experiment show us about higher education teaching standards? Rather a lot, Gary Thomas and Nick Peim insist
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Religion and the Book in Early Modern England: The Making of John Foxe's 'Book of Martyrs'
The story of the painstaking creation of an influential work is a revelation to Lucy Wooding
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The Horizon: A History of Our Infinite Longing
An attempt to write a 'great book' in the old style is ambitious but misguided, says Robert Eaglestone
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Technological Nature: Adaptation and the Future of Human Life
I have a slight obsession with getting cold and wet, for no particularly good reason, and have often been encouraged to wonder why by the less masochistic members of my family. This usually occurs...