University Alliance forms group for policy experts assisting vice-chancellors. Hannah Fearn reportsThey are often accused of playing politics, but now vice-chancellors are behaving more like MPs than...
Arab nation aims to light a beacon for education at the third Festival of Thinkers. Matthew Reisz reports
United StatesMillion-dollar men and womenThe highest-paid private university president in the US received a pay package worth more than $1.5 million (£900,000) in 2007-08. The Chronicle of Higher...
Rise of casual labour in the academy is dangerous, conference hears. Phil Baty reports from Shanghai
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCILAward winner: N.J.K. HowdenInstitution: Cranfield UniversityValue: £93,529Modelling water-quality response to climate and large-scale land-use change using the...
Tackling both the theory and practice of love, Barbara Bloomfield says you have to be proactive to find the right person
A new pro vice-chancellor has been appointed at the University of Bath. Bernard Morley, currently director of the Graduate School of Life Sciences and Medicine at Imperial College London, will take...
The Home Secretary's decision to sack David Nutt for his remarks about cannabis was misjudged, insists Lord Krebs
While its aim to widen access is welcome, the strategy document Higher Ambitions is based on a fallacy, says Vernon Bogdanor
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Students' laziness could be laid bare by a new system for recording their achievements at university, it has been claimed. Vice-chancellors met last week to discuss progress in the trial of the...
Some universities have implemented salary rises despite the lack of a pay deal. John Morgan writes
When Alan McKee submitted a paper on pornography to a leading social science journal, he did not attempt to spare readers' blushes.But the language he used did more than raise eyebrows: it earned him...
BIS asks why £2bn gap between research costs and income persists. Melanie Newman reports
Lord Drayson, the Science Minister, has moved to heal a rift between the Government and the science community following the sacking of an independent drugs adviser.David Nutt was dismissed as chair...