Beautiful minds converge to inspire Nobel prizewinners of the future
Arab nation aims to light a beacon for education at the third Festival of Thinkers. Matthew Reisz reports
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Overseas briefing
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...
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Crisis talks: part-timers pose threat to standards
Rise of casual labour in the academy is dangerous, conference hears. Phil Baty reports from Shanghai
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Grant Winners
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...
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Never out of date
Tackling both the theory and practice of love, Barbara Bloomfield says you have to be proactive to find the right person
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Appointments
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...
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Reefer madness
The Home Secretary's decision to sack David Nutt for his remarks about cannabis was misjudged, insists Lord Krebs
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Misguided philistines in a relationship that is doomed to failure
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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Core Papers on Catastrophic Climate Change
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, Research Fronts 2004-09
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The Week in Higher Education
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...
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Unions angry over breaches to collective salary negotiations
Some universities have implemented salary rises despite the lack of a pay deal. John Morgan writes
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When it comes to pornography, vulgar humanities are happy to talk turkey
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...
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FEC scrutinised as deficit lingers
BIS asks why £2bn gap between research costs and income persists. Melanie Newman reports
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Government seeks to patch up relations with scientists
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...
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Costs of specialist IT courses top the list
Annual fees for taught postgraduate courses can be as high as £20,000, writes Rebecca Attwood