Overseas briefing
United Arab EmiratesScholar blasts foreign 'gold rush'An academic has hit out at a "branch-campus gold rush" in the United Arab Emirates. Kevin Schoepp, assistant director of the Abu Dhabi campuses...
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Let's fly the greener skies
Big bucks are on offer for researchers who can help make aircraft more environmentally friendly, writes David Schley
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Grant winners
THE WELLCOME TRUSTThe Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowships have been awarded to newly qualified postdoctoral researchers who show great promise. Each winner will receive £250,000 over four...
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She's worth it
An award for women in science will allow scientist Nathalie Seddon to juggle family life with globetrotting research interests
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Appointments
Two senior directors have been appointed at the Scottish Funding Council. Laurence Howells will take on the position of senior director of learning, research and knowledge exchange, and Martin...
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Research council blessing for Glasgow's IP giveaway
Local socio-economic benefits justify university's altruistic licensing policy. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Call for entries to raise the error bar once more
Remember the economics student who attributed the run on Northern Rock to the "laxative enforcement policies" of the Financial Services Authority?Or last year's winning insight into the work of...
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Capacity 'wasted' amid radical cuts
Queen's is 'squandering' the research talent on its doorstep, alumnus says. Hannah Fearn reports
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News in brief
Research councilsBBSRC unveils bio-strategyBioenergy and biorenewables, food security and bioscience for health have been identified by a research council as its strategic priorities. Opening a...
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Teach them how to think
Kevin Sharpe says pedagogy should be measured not in contact hours but by its success in shaping critical minds
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Pursuit of knowledge is being hamstrung by heavy-handed editing
Richard Bateman argues that science publishing is sacrificing innovation and creativity on the altar of uniformity
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The week in higher education
A grilling of Lord Mandelson by MPs responsible for scrutinising his new "super-ministry", which is responsible for higher education, began with a penis joke. On 7 July, the First Secretary was...
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'Toxic combination' threatens jobs cull
Public policy and institutional profit-seeking could be disastrous, claims UCU. Melanie Newman reports
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It's Cambridge's party and it will make you eat Pret crisps if it wants to
A garden party held to celebrate the University of Cambridge's 800th anniversary conjures up images of fine dining, silver cutlery and a glass or two of champagne.But in times of austerity, when the...
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Accentuating the positive in private
Scholars' institutional pessimism is undercut by their personal optimism. Hannah Fearn reports