It's not lonely at the top, but it is strange, v-c confesses
John Gill learns about gossip, heroes and 'masters of the universe' from Sheffield Hallam's Phil Jones
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DIUS director-general lambasts 'horrible' MPs
The Government's director-general for higher education has called MPs on the Public Accounts Committee "horrible people" after they criticised universities' dropout rates.Ruth Thompson, the senior...
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Doing battle with the 'dinosaurs'
Administrators share tales of their rocky working relationships with academics. John Gill reports
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News in brief
UNIVERSITY FUNDRAISINGWhitehall sets matching schemeThe Government has confirmed details of a scheme that will boost incentives for universities to fundraise. Following a consultation with the higher...
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20 years ago
"British higher education today has retreated into uncertainty and anxiety. Why? The most obvious answer is the cuts ... But a second reason may be that higher education has lost the language to...
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Windfall for stem-cell science
MRC distributes £15m to help turn discoveries into applications that advance patient care. Zoe Corbyn reports
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Grant winners
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL- Award winner: Robert BickersInstitution: University of BristolValue: £34,707Treaty port China and its legacies, 1842-1999- Award winner: Bryan...
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Local knowledge
The Government's new 'whole community' initiatives will help fight extremism, says Kamlesh Patel. John Gill reports
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Appointments
The University of Sunderland has appointed Shirley Atkinson deputy vice-chancellor. Ms Atkinson, who is executive director of finance and resources at Nexus, will be joining the university in May....
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The driving force behind the effort to halt cuts to physics
UCL's Mark Lancaster campaigns to preserve funding for his discipline. Zoe Corbyn reports
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It's time for a bigger table
University rankings must include all relevant institutions and the information users are seeking, argues Joy Carter
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When HR gets hold of academe, quackery and gobbledegook run riot
In expanding its empire, human resources damages intellectual standards and peddles nonsense, argues David Colquhoun
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Liberate and disseminate
Free information freely available is the rallying cry of Erik Ringmar, who wants others to join in putting restricted documents on the web
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Make better use of dropout data, quality watchdog urges
QAA says few institutions employ statistics to help them improve support. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Lancaster guarantees students minimum weekly contact time with tutors
Undergraduates will be guaranteed a minimum of ten hours' contact time with tutors each week across all second and third-year courses at Lancaster University, after calls for more teaching time from...