Thorny old Rose
Asking Steven Rose to review a book on evolutionary anthropology is about as likely to deliver balance as sending Richard Dawkins a theology primer ("What's in a number?" 25 February). It makes...
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Traduction cordiale
I have two memories of delightful English-French translation ("Words with no meaning", 18 February). One was in an article based on a conference paper, where I had quoted Mary Evans' term, "...
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Audit overload
Bureaucracy is an inescapable fact of life in today's academy. John Morgan unravels the true extent and consequences of red tape
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It's now or never
British universities' inexorable loss of autonomy will soon reach the point of no return unless all institutions work together to win real public support for their sector, says Nigel Thrift
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4 March 2010
The red peril - What bureaucracy really costs the academy
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‘Clear mandate’ for strike action at Sussex
Massive turnout backs UCU move to combat job cuts. John Morgan reports
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Tax business to abolish fees, union proposes
UCU cites Crossrail arrangement as evidence that plan could work. Hannah Fearn reports
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Tories promise universities A-level oversight
Gove says move will prevent devaluation of qualification. Melanie Newman writes
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Colleges look to Open for higher education lifeline
AoC considers options as cuts and cap on student numbers threaten degree provision. Hannah Fearn reports
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The insecure scholar: The Judas generation
The revolutionaries who shook the academy’s foundations allowed the managerialists to take over
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Research faces ‘managed or neglected decline’ without clear strategy, says advisory body
A new report from the Council of Science and Technology urges the Government to rethink the way it supports the UK’s research base. Zoë Corbyn writes
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Dismantling subject centres would be ‘self-immolation’ for HEA
In the wake of a grant reduction, says Chris Rust, the easiest cuts to the Academy’s budget could be the hardest to recover from
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Landmark strike vote at King’s College London
Proposed job cuts leave scholars with ‘no alternative’ to industrial action, says union
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Bournemouth academic’s constructive dismissal claim upheld
Institution’s decision to raise marks on failed exam papers ‘an unequivocal affront’ to Paul Buckland’s integrity, Court of Appeal rules. Melanie Newman reports
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Students are the priority, say university ministers
Lammy, Willetts and Williams face off at THE debate. Melanie Newman reports