Cambridge and Oxford savage higher education White Paper
The government has come in for fierce criticism from the universities of Cambridge and Oxford in strongly-worded submissions to the White Paper consultation.
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Merger moves a step closer with plans for new university in South East Wales
The University of Wales, Newport, has responded to proposals for a radical contraction in the number of Welsh universities with plans for a new institution in the South East of the country.
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Gap between student incomings and outgoings widens
Many students face a shortfall of over £8,000 a year when state support is compared to the cost of living for the 2011-12 academic year, a new analysis suggests.
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From the heat of persecution to the cold shadow of neglect
Plight of refugee academics compounded by Western 'inhospitality'. Matthew Reisz reports
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Hard times: it pays to be practical in an age of academic austerity
Administrators favour funding applied subjects over 'pure' and 'soft' disciplines. David Matthews writes
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Grant winners
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHResearch Programme GrantsHealth Technology Assessment programme• Award winner: Mark Everard• Institution: Sheffield Children's Hospital• Value: £766,966SABRE (...
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Maladies and histories in a patient weighing of the past
The editor of a major new history of medicine brings two disciplines' perspectives to bear. Matthew Reisz reports
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News in brief
ItalySeismology shaken by trialThe decision to charge a number of Italian seismologists with man-slaughter for failing to predict a deadly earthquake has provoked outrage from their academic peers. A...
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UK-Afghan joint venture survives the bomb blast
John Morgan on British Council vow to continue scholarly mentoring work despite deadly attack
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Peers, review your actions
Help usher in universal open access - stop giving free labour to publishers that lock research away, says Michael Taylor
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Unshackled minds help institutions to conquer the greatest heights
The top-ranked universities allow their scholars the most freedom, a lesson many governments have yet to learn, warns Terence Karran
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Bleak vision for student imports due to lack of 'oversight'
Feeder colleges for non-EU students may go under as third fall foul of rule change. Simon Baker writes
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Oz visa strategy may leave UK out of position
Australia is to relax its visa rules for overseas students, increasing the competition faced by UK universities just as the coalition government tightens British regulations.
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Will's quill or not Will's quill...
...that is the question, but scholars are arguing over whether they should ask it. Matthew Reisz reports
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Labour's plan to cap tuition fees may be a 'graduate tax'
Top earners would 'overpay' under scheme vaunted at party's annual conference. Simon Baker reports