3 December 2009
Ruffled feathers - French universities and reform
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Tara Brabazon: YouTube has merit, but enough already of cat videos
There are plenty of opportunities for academics to take advantage of social media, but it’s important to separate the gems of revelation from the nonsense
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Business fails to rise to Government’s R&D challenge
Midway through ten-year framework, investment remains ‘relatively static’ as percentage of GDP. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Science, we have a problem
Debate leads to anger over Lord Drayson’s accusation that scientists don’t fully recognise their accountability to taxpayers. Zoë Corbyn reports
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The insecure scholar: Playing the application game
Grappling with the frustrating process of applying for grants
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Creative thinking ‘not rated’ by state
Academics claim STEM policies threaten UK’s ‘last remaining world-leading sector’. Hannah Fearn reports
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Opinion: The liberation look
The feminist struggle in the 1970s against discriminatory dress codes remains relevant today, says Clare Rose
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Government axemen on the lookout for targets
Universities UK head is ‘bluntly’ quizzed over where cuts should be made. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Sussex’s future: fewer staff, more students
University plans 100 ‘targeted’ job cuts while increasing student numbers. John Morgan reports
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Push to bring digital economy together will divide it
The Government’s plan for the digital sector displays a lack of understanding of the new modes of cultural production, argue Joss Hands and Jussi Parikka
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MRC head to take top job at Cambridge
Sir Leszek Borysiewicz will take the reins in October 2010. Rebecca Attwood reports
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My eureka moment: The wake-up call
A dream about Bartôk brought Malcolm Gillies his conceptual breakthrough, although it would take him another five years to finish writing it down
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Global revolution
A radical change is taking place in universities around the world as fast-expanding private provision offers access to millions of new students. Is this a threat to the traditional sector and to...
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Welcome to our consumers
Student satisfaction will be the arena where private and public universities will have to compete, reports Hannah Fearn
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The American lesson: How to be top
Ivy League institutions rose to greatness only after being cut off from state aid and meddling, says Terence Kealey