News in brief
IndiaRed tape, blue 'lacuna'The University of Mumbai has been told it must ensure its vice-chancellors have more autonomy from political interference or "lose its glory". Last week, Rajan M. Welukar...
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No-frills university: cheap lessons for an age of austerity
US firm offers cut-price courses to appeal to cash-strapped students. Jon Marcus reports
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Grant winners
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCILInsect Pollinators InitiativeAbout £10 million has been granted to nine UK-based projects to explore the causes and consequences of threats to...
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Blog confidential: Putting the 'vice' in vice-chancellor
Each week, Dr Margot Feelbetter poses a dilemma and offers advice for readers to respond to online. This week: Putting the 'vice' in vice-chancellorI have followed this column for the past few months...
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Appointments
University of East AngliaBob WatsonA professor of environmental sciences at the University of East Anglia, Bob Watson, is one of the winners of this year's Blue Planet Prize, an international...
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'Threshold standards' to be upheld when inspectors call
QAA rolling audits to reassure taxpayers via 'plain English' reports. Rebecca Attwood writes
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Greater transparency: Council exposes social work findings to public scrutiny
Universities that fail to deliver quality social work training to students will be subject to greater intervention in future, the General Social Care Council has warned.In a bid to open its work up...
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Britannia rules the knowledge-transfer waves
A study comparing knowledge transfer on both sides of the Atlantic has debunked the myth that UK universities languish behind their American counterparts when it comes to making money from academic...
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Build body to win hearts and minds
'Money hungry' UK universities need help losing greedy reputation overseas. Simon Baker writes
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News in brief
Academic freedom'Chilling' libel case delayedA libel case in the French courts widely seen as a threat to academic freedom has been postponed until next year. The case was brought by Karin Calvo-...
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Sterling support
If UK business leaders want a highly skilled workforce, they must lend a hand, says Santander's António Horta-Osório
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Encourage lifetime learning with a flexible, integrated loan system
Postgraduate study is vital for the economy but the UK has struggled to fund it. Don Nutbeam suggests Australia has found the answer
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Top fields at California Institute of Technology
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, January 2000-February 2010
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15 July 2010
Share it with the world - Tackling the obfuscatory malaise of scholarly writing
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Science cannot be the sole basis for policy, Willetts says
It is impossible to make policy solely on the basis of scientific evidence, the universities and science minister has told the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee.In his first appearance...