Anglo-Indian MSc savaged by QAA
Audit identifies string of failures in handling of Cranfield/ICRI masters, writes Rebecca Attwood
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Ker-pow! French passion for comics crosses the Channel
Growth of specialised courses shows greater academic acceptance. Matthew Reisz reports
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Cut estates spending at your peril, sector told
Universities risk storing up problems for themselves if they surrender to the temptation to cut spending on their estates during the economic downturn.The warning was made by Rod Mallinder, secretary...
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Selfish models lose social touch
Scholar says today's universities must rediscover their responsibilities. Rebecca Attwood reports
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News in brief
Science and technology - Spin-offs see capital injectionThe Government has announced a £150 million Innovation Investment Fund to provide venture capital for science and technology spin-offs. The...
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Medics riled by tests of professional behaviour
Efforts to assess students on their 'fitness to practise' causes concern. Hannah Fearn writes
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Original features
Completed a century ago, the Glasgow School of Art recently beat the Eden Project and the Pompidou Centre to be named as the best British-designed building of the past 175 years by RIBA Journal, the...
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NHS trust chief accuses Edinburgh professor of speaking out of turn
University defends outspoken scholar's right to ask awkward questions. Melanie Newman reports
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Clouds on blue-sky horizon
Contra Lord Drayson, BIS' emphasis on applied knowledge may threaten the future of UK science, says Colin Stuart
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Daytime TV: Burning blue
Gary Day learns little about Roy Orbison, finds poetry in space and sees eternal optimism at Wimbledon
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Top nations in neuroscience and behaviour by citation impact
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, 1999-2009
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The week in higher education
Trendy teaching is producing a generation of "history numbskulls", according to an informal study by an academic at Cardiff University. Over three years, Derek Matthews, a professor of economics,...
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Purdah imposed on vote-sensitive work
Academics decry ESRC's pre-election silencing as restriction on freedom. Melanie Newman reports
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V-cs say extra money is 'essential' to support any rise in student numbers
Vice-chancellors have urged Lord Mandelson not to undermine the unit of resource by expanding student numbers without extra funding. The warning follows a proposal put to the First Secretary that, if...
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Quango cuts put Hefce in danger
Talk of abolition has provoked a spirited defence of the funding council, says Melanie Newman