Review seen as Labour’s ‘best option’ on English fees dilemma
Party expected to stop short of committing to new higher education funding policy pre-election
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Interview with Suraj Yengde
The Harvard researcher discusses his humble upbringing and how the plight of Dalits is now being taken more seriously, in academia and beyond
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Big university donors are distorting research agendas
Kenneth Griffin’s $300 million donation to Harvard is unusual in not being tied to pet ideological causes, says Naomi Oreskes
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Agenda of the Meeting of Transport Attachés Intermodal Questions and Networks, 27 May
Brussels, 26 May 2004 Full text of Document 2081/1/04 Revision 01 1. GALILEO ­ Proposal for a Council Decision on the signing of the Agreement between the European Community and the United...
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Agenda of the Meeting of Transport Attachés Intermodal Questions and Networks, 27 May
Brussels, 20 May 2004 Full text of Document 2081/04 1. GALILEO ­ Proposal for a Council Decision on the signing of the Agreement between the European Community and the United States of...
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Framework 6 research wins £10bn but with ethical strings attached
The European Parliament has agreed a budget of e16.2 billion (£10.1 billion) for the Sixth Framework Programme on research but is ringfencing the money so that it will not be spent on ethically...
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Full-time post with safety strings attached
David Warner, pro vice chancellor of the University of Central England, Birmingham, has been appointed principal of Swansea Institute of Higher Education from January, but he is on secondment from...
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Bleeding-edge web journal with wires attached
World Wide Web Journal Edited by Rohit Khare O'Reilly and Associates Published four times a year US $75.00; Canada and Mexico $81.00; Europe, Africa, Central and South America $105.00; Asia,...
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Make research funding more flexible, says German science council
Country’s top policy advisory body calls for project funding to be more generous with fewer constraints, as institutions’ budgets swell
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China cancels recognition of online degrees
Beijing’s abolition of Covid-era concession expected to spur international enrolments while generating logistical migraines
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Is Europe seeing the massification of the doctorate?
Vocational institutions are winning the right to award PhDs, while professional doctorates are also expanding. But how compatible are academic and vocational focuses in research degree provision –...
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Jessica Corner: reforms may ‘substantially shift’ REF weightings
New Research England head reflects on her roundabout route into academia and the future of research evaluation
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From the UK’s HE minister to university life in Kurdistan
Bill Rammell explains how serving as the UK’s HE minister led him on to a v-c’s path, and ultimately to being president of the University of Kurdistan Hewlêr
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The US’ new open access mandate must not line the pockets of grifters
Greater efforts need to be made to distinguish predatory journals from those that at least aspire to scholarly standards, says Harvey Graff