World in motion: 14 January 2010
When research data company Thomson Reuters last week revealed plans for the database that will fuel the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, THE editor Ann Mroz said the details gave her...
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Overseas Briefing
FranceElite turn noses up at poorThe elite grandes ecoles have been criticised by the French Government for their reluctance to accept more students from poor families. La Conference des Grandes...
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Harvard encourages veterans to lay down their burdens
Scholars over 65 are offered retirement plan to save cash and bring in fresh blood. Jon Marcus reports
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Grant winners
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHAward winner: Sebastian Brendan LucasInstitution: Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital TrustValue: £35,048Predictive clinico-pathological features derived from...
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Top of the world
The next head of the Gates Cambridge Trust, Robert Lethbridge, is confident the scheme will produce future world leaders
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Appointments
An international faith expert from the University of Derby has been appointed to a new national panel to improve relations between the Government and religious communities. Paul Weller, head of...
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Deficits threaten final-salary schemes for support staff
Universities seeking alternatives are accused of unfairness by unions, writes John Morgan
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UK politicians join fight to end Italian 'inequities'
British lecturers in Italian universities battling to end "30 years of discrimination" have won support from members of the Cabinet and the Conservative Shadow Cabinet.Non-Italian lecturers teaching...
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News in brief
RemunerationPay deal grudgingly acceptedHigher education staff will finally be paid last year's 0.5 per cent pay rise after a union decided not to oppose the offer. The Educational Institute of...
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Too many cooks, not enough cash
RCUK report queries academic staffing levels as the recession continues. Zoë Corbyn reports
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We're fine-tuning for clarity
Thomson Reuters' institutional profiles will help create the most definitive global rankings yet, writes Jonathan Adams
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Let's join the debate and stop letting others set our future vision
Jon F. Baldwin says the sector can't afford to leave its fate in the hands of the party that happens to win the next general election
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The news industry won't survive if self-censorship gains a foothold
Tim Luckhurst says economic and legal problems are already threatening the journalism profession - any lack of integrity could be fatal for the business
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Do the right thing - unite
Social science bodies must stop professional protectionism and draft a common research ethics code, says Ron Iphofen
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The week in higher education
An academic's claim of unfair dismissal against Kingston University has been struck out. Howard Fredrics, who was a senior lecturer of music, also claimed wrongful dismissal, public-interest...