'Draconian' measure: King's to cut 205 jobs
College cites government reductions and RAE results as reasons for purge. John Morgan writes
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RCUK's back-office blues as project blows budget while delivering less
Shared Service Centre's business plan in the dock for grossly inaccurate forecasts. Zoë Corbyn writes
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'Naive' arts partners exploited by the academy
Universities are inadvertently "exploiting" small arts organisations because of their superior negotiating skills when working on joint projects.An analysis commissioned by the London Centre for Arts...
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'Impact' defined: profits for publishers or advice for Sky
'Barrel scraped' as funders strive to delineate REF measure in the arts. Melanie Newman reports
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Six SFC members to decide fate of millions
The Scottish Funding Council has come under fire after overhauling the way large sums of money are allocated for knowledge-transfer and capital projects.The SFC's new investment committee, launched...
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News in brief
Knowledge transferKT pays but IP is a barrierInvestment in research and knowledge exchange pays off, according to research. A report compiled for the Higher Education Funding Council for England...
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Wary foreigners are in the ghetto
Culture clash sees overseas students flock together to the detriment of learning. John Morgan writes
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Daytime TV: The enemy within
Gary Day is moved by Julie Walters' superb portrayal of Mo Mowlam but finds Hamlet leaves him cold
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Top nations in physics
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators database, January 1999-October 2009
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University of Sheffield - Them bones find a home
A collection of human skeletal remains is to get a new home at the University of Sheffield, thanks to £25,000 worth of donations from an alumni campaign. The new "Juvenile Developmental Osteology...
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4 February 2010
Read my lips - Truth in a discerning world
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The Imagination of Evil: Detective Fiction and the Modern World, by Mary Evans
For many readers, morbid stories reaffirm a conviction in their own morals, finds Stacy Gillis
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‘Now is the time to invest in science, not to make cuts’
The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee hears warnings of danger to the future of research – and the risk of fewer scientists – if planned cuts go ahead
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London South Bank won’t honour 0.5 per cent pay deal
V-c says move is designed to avoid redundancies and believes national bargaining is ‘no longer appropriate’ for the institution
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Yale president stands up for the blue skies
Richard C. Levin says Truman-era principles have profound lessons for the future of research funding. Phil Baty reports