Leader: Now you see it, now you don't
Science and universities are vital to economic recovery, but the Chancellor offered them only budgetary sleight of hand
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Dangerous liaisons
Student-scholar trysts are perilous affairs, writes Sally Feldman
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Original features
Designed to meet the unique requirements of teams studying the behaviour of plants and social insects, the University of Sheffield's new Arthur Willis Building presented a number of unusual...
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Unions decry cuts made with no 'meaningful consultation'
UCA defends review process that resulted in more than 50 redundancies. Melanie Newman reports
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Students say Bologna Process has yet to improve their opportunities
EU ministers pressed to spur progress on mobility and wider participation. Hannah Fearn reports
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Universities must 'modernise to succeed'
As education ministers gathered in Belgium to discuss progress in the Bologna Process this week, lobby groups from across Europe were scrabbling to make their voices heard.Jan Figel', the European...
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Law school alliance ends in spite of merger speculation in Glasgow
A partnership between two Scottish universities that share a joint graduate law school is being broken up despite discussions over a potential merger between the institutions.The Glasgow Graduate...
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Overseas briefing
Czech RepublicEx-KKK head's lecture cancelledA lecture by David Duke, the former Ku Klux Klan leader, that was planned to take place at a university in the Czech Republic has been cancelled by the...
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Journey to the east as scholars return home.
China targets 2,000 top academics with Thousand Talents plan. Carolynne Wheeler reports
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Twitterati in the academy
Twitter divides opinion, but some scholars view it as a tool that could benefit their work. Jesse Whittock reports
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Grant winners
ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCILThree research hubs to develop digital technology in UK universities have been announced. They will share £36 million from the EPSRC under the first...
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Clinical results
Using his work on DNA to treat cancer has won Stephen Jackson a prize, but he hopes it improves the blue-skies outlook
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Appointments
A critically acclaimed author has joined Birmingham City University as director of its National Academy of Writing. Richard Beard, who has published several books, including Muddied Oafs - The Soul...
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Those who disseminate ideas must acknowledge the routes they travel
The internet is unravelling intellectual ownership, but without citation, academia's shared conversation will be lost, writes Kathryn Sutherland
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Community cohesion
The gap between further and higher education is still too wide, but the US model could bridge it, says Rob Wilson