'Ragbag' American system comes in for some stick
Few would dispute that the US university system is the strongest in the world, but that did not stop it coming in for robust criticism at the Times Higher Education-Hepi debate in London last week....
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Ideology alone is not enough to bar entry to US, judge says
Government must explain why visas are denied to foreign scholars, ruling states. Jon Marcus reportsA court has reversed one of a series of decisions by the US Government to deny visas to...
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Obama exploits academe to staff his White House
President Barack Obama's White House will have enough academics among its top appointees to teach a full curriculum.President Obama, who attended Harvard Law School, taught constitutional law at the...
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Overseas briefing
AustraliaIrrigation findings discreditedA university has had to backtrack from the findings of some of its most senior scientists after a study of irrigation in a parched area of Australia was...
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Grant winners
ACTION MEDICAL RESEARCHAward winner: M. CostaInstitution: Warwick Medical School, University of WarwickValue: £91,470Randomised clinical trial of total knee arthroplasty versus patellofemoral...
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It's time to feed fresh talent
Both the academy and society will benefit if pockets of excellence identified by the RAE are funded, says Alice Hynes
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Dragons and dinosaur views: the Chinese enigma that isn't
The West believes China to be immutable and inscrutable, but in truth we are much more alike than we are different, says Peter Brady
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Research elite fear Hefce may approach funding formula with a 'straight bat'
The elite research-intensive universities are unlikely to be given any special protection against funding cuts when the formula for distributing more than £1.5 billion a year to support research is...
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The week in higher education
A "hands-on experiment" was as good a pun as The Independent could muster in its coverage of research that suggests that finger length can predict a person's future. The study by scientists at the...
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London Met may cut 500 jobs, UCU claims
A bid to claw back £50m could lead to large-scale redundancies. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Innovation policy ignores the arts and humanities, study finds
The Government's policy on supporting innovation ignores huge parts of the UK economy by focusing too heavily on science and technology, according to research by the University of Warwick.The...
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UK's reputation as world leader in stem-cell research challenged
Only one British centre merits a place in the US-led global top 20, consultants say. Zoe Corbyn writes
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Index of journals scraps controversial grades
The architects of a controversial European journal-listing system for arts and humanities have made a major concession to those who fear that the index will be misused to judge the quality of...
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Nurture new talent, RAE panels say
Young academics lack the money and support to help build a career. Melanie Newman reports
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Conflict of interest warning over Evidence sale
The company piloting the system that will replace the research assessment exercise has been bought by Thomson Reuters - one of the world's leading suppliers of data on research papers.The acquisition...