Research councils unveil 'future vision'
Three new priorities and an unceasing drive for practical research announced. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Post-92s suffer as AHRC block grants favour traditional sector
Four modern universities receive postgraduate cash as Oxbridge dominates, writes Zoë Corbyn
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Collaboration, not difference, is key to survival
The mantra that universities must focus on "distinctiveness" and "difference" to survive in an increasingly competitive market may have to be watered down, because collaboration and rationalisation...
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Hefce wants severance 'fairness'
Funder advises against 'rewarding' failure and confidentiality clauses, writes Melanie Newman
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Share price crash cut pension fund's value by 24 per cent in eight months
USS suffered in 2008 but board refuses to divulge current figure. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Ucea declines to make an offer the unions cannot refuse
Employers declined to make a pay offer at the campus trade unions' first joint remuneration meeting.In a joint statement with other unions, the University and College Union said it was "amazed" that...
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Daytime TV: Prime-time viewing
Gary Day enjoys Marcus du Sautoy's mathematical fervour but finds tragedy and tears in the East End
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Top institutions in economics and business by impact
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, 1998-2008
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Jumping for joy
Dr Julia Persimmon of our biology department shows that "spring" is indeed in the air. Julia, who is currently researching modes of quantifying the integration of quorum-sensing signals with single-...
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Can't beat the real thing
Tutorials are vital for a quality learning experience, writes Tim Birkhead
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Off Piste: Passport to potter about
David Abulafia maps out the pleasures and pains of travelling, from odysseys off the beaten track to bumpy journeys and egg sandwiches that recall aviation's pioneering days
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Our cowed leaders must stand up for academic freedom
The Government wants to dictate the trajectory of research and the funding bodies are complicit. This must stop, says Thomas Docherty
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From where I sit - Knowledge first, theory later
It is said that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Actually, I think a total lack of knowledge is dangerous: a little, after all, must be better than none.Non-vocational arts degrees teach in...
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Bob Boucher, 1940-2009
Bob Boucher, a mechanical engineer who became vice-chancellor of two universities, has died.
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We must stand up and speak for the evidence 1
In your articles on evidence-based policy ("I can't hear you ..." and "From the lab to the lobby", 26 March), there was a strong sense of frustration with politicians for failing to give sufficient...