Cutbacks giving the academy lemons? Make lemonade
UCLA business school dean tells Sarah Cunnane how sector can cope with global retrenchment
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Framework cash goes further, but not far enough
The European Commission has poured EUR6.4 billion (£5.4 billion) into research and innovation, its largest annual investment to date.The funding, to be distributed to research councils, universities...
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Grant Winners
WELLCOME TRUSTSIR HENRY WELLCOME POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPSThe Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellows for 2010 have each been provided with £250,000 in funding over a four-year period. This...
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#LoveHE: When music comes to mind
It wasn't just the clubbing: the psychology degree and skills gained at university come in handy as a DJ, says Nemone
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Paying for a course doesn't mean students can buy a degree
To maintain our high standards of education, we must enforce the most elemental requirement: attendance. Adrian Quinn writes
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Test of courage
A bleak film about a teenager's hopeless struggle to save her family is totally convincing, writes Duncan Wu
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The Week in Higher Education
The current debate over graduate tax has proved the old adage that a week is a long time in politics. Just days after the idea was mooted by Vince Cable, the Liberal Democrat business secretary, came...
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Fees 'deterrent'? Fears grow for UK's competitive edge
Average annual fees for foreign undergraduates surpass £10,000 barrier. John Morgan reports
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Global future: together alone
Warwick v-c envisages 'holding company' model for university partnerships. Simon Baker writes
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Ignorance lays Parliament open to 'nonsense debates'
Andrew Miller admits that busy MPs avoid science policy as it is too challenging. Paul Jump reports
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Willetts appeals for hard evidence from committees in effort to stave off cuts
David Willetts followed up his inaugural appearance before the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee with a turn before its Commons equivalent last week.
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Works of art featured
John W. Mills' Column Somersault with Tuck and Derek Howarth's The Curate's Egg are two of the works of art featured in an international exhibition of sculpture that has been held annually at the...
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Funding chief grounds the globe-trotting spouses
Universities told not to pay for v-cs' families' foreign trips after irregularities claims, writes John Morgan
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#loveHE
Tweet of the week: Don't undertake a project unless it's manifestly important & nearly impossible - Edwin Land. Like HE, for example - @tomstaffordTell us why you love the sector on Twitter @...
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National action over job cuts likely, union says
Higher education's first national industrial action since 2006 is "very likely", the UK's largest lecturers' union has said, as rows over job cuts continue around the country.The University and...