Beware of the competent state
Democracies could be facing a dangerous future because they work so well. Matthew Reisz reports
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News in Brief
Research council fundingRCUK faces 40 per cent cutThe budget of Research Councils UK is to fall by 40 per cent over the coming four-year spending period. According to RCUK's delivery plan, released...
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Age concern spurs efforts to attract the young ones
Australia's growing sector must redouble its efforts to recruit new academic blood, writes Simon Baker
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Grant winners
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL• Award winner: David E. Shuttleton• Institution: University of Glasgow• Value: £561,874The consultation letters of Dr William Cullen (1710-90) at the Royal...
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Blogconfidential: I can't take the (slow) pace
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: I can't take the (slow) pace
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Appointments
University of SouthamptonMalcolm AceA "proud Welshman" who has spent his entire career working in higher education administration has been appointed chief operating officer at the University of...
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Be sure it's worth your while
Michael Chung proposes the Einstein/Murray Rule to help researchers determine the true value of their work
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Hume's diffuse effects cannot be reduced to Hefce's narrow vision
The 'impact' of great work is neither immediate nor measurable by the apparatchiks: it echoes down the ages, says Simon Blackburn
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Hot papers in Economics and Business
Hot papers in economics and businessData provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators database, January 2000-December 2010 %3Cb%3EPaper%3C/b%3E %3Cbr /%3EAuthor(s),...
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Vocation, vocation: fears over post-92 cuts to humanities
UEL and London Met plans may signal 'unequal distribution of cultural capital'. John Morgan writes
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Fees turmoil blamed as students drag heels over 2011 offers
Thousands of students in England may be taking longer to accept offers of university places this autumn because they wrongly believe they will face tuition fees of up to £9,000 from their second year...
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Local pay talks for local staff?
Critical voices question national negotiations in era of differing income levels. John Morgan writes
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New York looks outside the box
As the bids come in to run a new city campus, John Morgan examines the decision to go global
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Elite US students are securing top jobs 'despite being less gifted'
Bright graduates are losing out through grade inflation, economists say. Paul Jump reports
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Funding challenge 'may leave little time to spare' for the 'Big Society'
The threats and opportunities for universities arising from the government's "Big Society" agenda came under scrutiny at a conference at Royal Holloway, University of London.