Transatlantic exchange
UK universities are regularly exhorted to learn from the US, but we can teach them, too, writes Matthew Partridge
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Community may be impoverished if all individuals pay more
Why are Americans happier to pay fees than Britons? Cary Cooper looks at the possible consequences of adopting their model here
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The Week in Higher Education
The glory associated with winning a Nobel prize may be undiminished, but the financial rewards are lower than they have been for a decade, it was reported on 5 October. In straitened times, the £937,...
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Lord of the market: let competition and choice drive quality
Browne's review of fees and finance calls for end to blanket subsidy and fees cap. Simon Baker writes
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Heart of the matter: the review in summary
Lord Browne's review calls for "genuine competition for students between institutions of a kind which cannot take place under the current system". Here's how it would work:
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Low-cost subjects 'should survive the loss of grants'
Lord Browne dismisses fears by insisting flexibility will maintain provision. Simon Baker talks to him
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Mega-quango would control funding, access, quality and student issues
Hepi head claims that review panel has been commandeered by the government, reports Rebecca Attwood
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In the shake-up to come, no guarantees for anyone
Lord Browne's review of student fees and finance - if implemented in full - will have a huge impact on the structure of the sector. Here we examine the likely outcome for different types of...
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Things fall apart
This mouldy bread and sour milk was part of a collection of rancid food in a "rotting room" used to show the rates at which different items decompose.Iain Haysom, course leader in diet and health at...
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From dawn till dawn: The daily anxieties of teachers
Education researchers are getting the low-down from academic diaries. Rebecca Attwood writes
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Tiers sting as UK immigration cap puts squeeze on overseas talent
The government's interim immigration cap has left one of the UK's major research universities able to recruit or keep only 78 "skilled" overseas academics this year - and the permanent cap could...
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Plant science units uprooted for low-grade research yield
Critics lambast Imperial for 'severe misuse' of performance statistics. John Morgan reports
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Chemists: public backs STEM spending formula
The public's view that science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects offer the best value for money strengthens the case for prioritising the preservation of their funding at the...
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News in brief
GovernanceCatalogue of errors, nothing moreAn investigation into senior staff at London Metropolitan University has concluded that there is no case for disciplinary action after the financial crisis...
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Hutton pensions plan hits pockets
Higher contributions mooted as universities call for freedom from public schemes. John Morgan writes