Spirit of the money age leads academy to mislay its values
Australian critics launch attack on 'cargo cult' of university corporatisation. Simon Baker reports
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Cultural destination: Free passport to the streets of Philadelphia
Drexel initiative is a palpable hit with students and rival institutions. Sarah Cunnane reports
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Overseas growth exposes Brits to knowledge vacuum
Lecturers at UK universities are coming under pressure to create course materials tailored to students on overseas campuses.As the number of British universities operating overseas outposts grows,...
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'Wisdom of crowds' offers novel ways out of cash crisis
Public's cost-saving ideas include Facebook peer review and teaching in shifts. Simon Baker reports
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Injunction puts US stem-cell research at risk
Researchers in the US working with human embryonic stem cells might move abroad or abandon their research if an injunction on the federal funding of their research is not overturned, the director of...
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Gobbledegook and ghastly grammar cast a murky spell on coherence
'Pedant' professor argues that academics should correct student howlers, writes Rebecca Attwood
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Juggling home and academic life causes angst
Students with dual roles struggle to achieve a sustainable work-life balance, writes Cat Davies
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Odds and quads
Credit: Marketing CentralThis is the first in a series called WIPE - poetry and artwork printed on toilet paper in numbered editions of 40 copies - which is held at the University of Plymouth.The...
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Canada and China seek to exchange students, staff and ideas
Canada ramps up the campaign to improve its position on the world stage, writes Sarah Cunnane
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Daytime TV: Hidden agendas
Gary Day finds the presenters of Secret Britain intrusive and marvels over Anglo-Saxon treasures
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Top 10 Nanoscience Papers, 2000-09
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its ISI Web of Science, 2000–present
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2 September 2010
Graduate take-off - Are universities doing enough to make students employable?
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Overseas first for Imperial
Imperial College London is to launch its first course overseas at a new medical school developed with a university in Singapore.The school, which is due to open in 2013, will award joint Imperial and...
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Inside Higher Ed: Betting on bling
By Jack Stripling, for Inside Higher Ed
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Chemistry researchers believe they are denied the credit they deserve
Half of the academic chemists who responded to a survey felt they had not always received enough credit for their contributions to papers, according to a study. Jeffrey Seeman, visiting senior...