Eagle-eyed impact: scholarship coming to a cinema near you
Newcastle academic's research informs swords-and-sandals blockbuster. James Titcomb reports
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Poor's higher expectations linked to bottom line
Young people from poor backgrounds are more likely to see university study as "a means to an end" than to view it as an intrinsically worthwhile experience, a survey suggests.
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Grant winners
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL• Award winner: Juliane Furst• Institution: University of Bristol• Value: £190,375Dropping out of socialism: alternative lifestyles in the Socialist Bloc 1960-90•...
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Rebels know their limits
To stop the Arab Spring developing into an oppressive winter, the changemakers should read their Camus, argues Robert Zaretsky
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Hefce fines 19 institutions for over-recruitment
Penalties emphasise universities' inability to boost income through expansion. Simon Baker reports
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Coalition eyes auction plan to push down fees
Ministers are looking closely at a proposal for allocating all university places in an auction, with the government judging bids according to which ones offer the best deals for the taxpayer.
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Union leader's nice little earner
Annual return reveals Sally Hunt's 'modest' rise and size of UCU's surplus. John Morgan writes
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Hesa shows student body to be broader and stronger
Access and dropout rates improve but elite still face participation hurdles, writes Rebecca Attwood
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Binary creep spotted in research funding plans
A plan by funding chiefs to link support for postgraduate research students to a university's research quality is another step towards recreating a "binary" higher education system, a pro vice-...
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Recruit more home staff to foreign hubs, report urges
Quality warning for overseas campuses that fail to export 'institutional culture', writes John Morgan
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Scottish governance rife with cronyism and beset by disputes, union claims
Scottish higher education is "in crisis", beset by staff disputes over "farcical" management structures that leave universities rife with "cronyism".
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'Let students see external reports'
Review aims to make examiner system less cosy and more transparent. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Sector fears Tier 2 cap may deter overseas scholars
Tight procedures facing overseas talent may discourage interest in UK. John Morgan reports
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News in Brief
Wakeham reviewRCUK's 5 per cent solutionUniversities and institutes with the least efficient research will be required to reduce their indirect costs by 5 per cent. The Research Councils UK report...
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Censor alert at Nottingham Trent
Undergraduate claims he was gagged by students' union over contentious article. John Gill writes