Taught postgraduate degrees may soon be preserve of the rich
Government warned about a looming crisis in an economically vital area, writes Simon Baker
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Hefce at arm's length still fears government's controlling hand over budget
Concerns have been raised about the "level of control" being exerted by the government on the Higher Education Funding Council for England as an "arm's-length" public body.Newly published Hefce board...
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Grants: fewer, larger, for longer
Research councils plan to further concentrate funding on top institutions. Paul Jump reports
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Fees reform may leave dozens 'at higher risk'
The Higher Education Funding Council for England is planning for a "worst-case scenario" of almost two dozen universities and colleges being "at higher risk" by the end of the first year of the new...
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Share cash burden, Hunt (finally) reports
Students should help pay for funding injection; scholars must work harder. Hannah Fearn reports
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Nature's open-access offering may sound death knell for subs model
Scientific Reports and success of PLoS ONE spell trouble for specialist journals. Paul Jump reports
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Stationery orders: printers out and paper cut
The pen may be mightier than the sword, but that is not much use if it is kept under lock and key by university managers seeking to save cash by restricting stationery use.To the frustration of many...
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Fighting the feelbad factor: amid gloom, talk of resilience
The trials of the liberal arts preoccupied the MLA conference. Matthew Reisz writes from Los Angeles
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Bonhomie and gossip, then disturbing discussion about the state we're in
For Lennard Davis, the Modern Language Association convention is "an annual gathering of the clans, a chance to take the patient's pulse in the relevant disciplines".In fact, said the professor of...
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Speed daters try luck in the salon
Universities and desperate job seekers hope their matchmaking efforts at the get-together bear fruit
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Campus survey of religion is biased, secularists charge
Equality body's study accused of provoking 'false impression of victimhood'. John Morgan reports
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Muslims 'isolated' by anti-extremist measures
Attempts to tackle the threat of religious extremism on campus have been blamed for universities' failure to provide a supportive environment for Muslim students.Peter Hopkins, senior lecturer in...
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News in brief
Researchers' career developmentFunders urged to share costsThe burden of funding measures to improve the career development of researchers should be shared by all funders in future. The...
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Global branches are still lopsided
Emerging economies will come to reject unequal exchanges, expert says. Sarah Cunnane reports
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Odds and quads
These images are taken from the first film ever made in and about an art school, certainly in Britain and probably in the world.