Same old tune
With all due respect to Jeremy Dibble ("Alternative sheep music", 17/24 December), it is hardly news that While Shepherds Watched their Flocks has been - and sometimes still is - sung to the tune of...
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Apology redux
All I have to say to Robert Segal ("All apologies", 17/24 December) is that I'm sorry you feel that way.Stephen Kukureka, Worcester.
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Differential impact 2
While very much in favour of the resistance to the impact agenda as any kind of rational measure of research, am I the only one who finds the term “curiosity-driven” research naive, self-defeating...
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Frances Stracey, 1963-2009
A researcher who pioneered new thinking on activism in art and the boundaries between art and science has died.
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Our New Year honours list
In a dramatic move, our vice-chancellor has announced that Poppleton will be following in the steps of the University of Cumbria and awarding academic titles to leading university managers.One of...
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Recipe for disaster
Post-Copenhagen, it's clear that logic alone won't save us, writes Kevin Fong
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From where I sit - A real shake-up is still needed
This autumn, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China removed Zhou Ji from the post of Education Minister after a term of six years and shifted him to the position of deputy...
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Research Intelligence - Pragmatic arts
The AHRC's new head is keen to highlight the relevance of research to politicians and public alike. Zoe Corbyn writes
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Leader: Get used to life on the edge
As we bid farewell to the old unit of resource and usher in a new reduced one, we anticipate a year of fear, uncertainty and pain
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Reaction forces SFC rethink on knowledge-transfer plans
It's back to the drawing board as teaching funding proposals are also delayed. Hannah Fearn reports
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Some run with KT, others have yet to take first steps
Universities are still failing to support knowledge transfer despite three quarters of academics now engaging in it.A study commissioned by the Higher Education Funding Council for England examining...
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Cardiff part-timers awaiting contracts and pay
Hundreds of lecturers on an hourly rate at Cardiff University are working without contracts, and some have not been paid since the beginning of the academic year.New conditions for the employees were...
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News in brief
Budget squeezeHistoric-building fund scrappedA £40 million fund to help universities preserve their historic buildings has been axed in a move that will see the universities of Oxford and Cambridge...
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'Excellence'? Aye, there's the 'hub'
Architects reveal commonly used buzzwords in university commissions. Hannah Fearn writes