Yale president stands up for the blue skies
Richard C. Levin says Truman-era principles have profound lessons for the future of research funding. Phil Baty reports
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The insecure scholar: No more Mr Cellophane
As one contract ends, a fresh determination forms to become a departmental fixture in the future
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Sector faces £10 million fine for over-recruitment
Hefce announces penalty for breaching student cap and reveals where First Secretary’s axe will fall. Melanie Newman reports
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Undergraduate places to fall by 3,000-4,000
The Government’s decision to withdraw the 10,000 extra places offered last year will see overall recruitment drop for 2010-11, despite an increase in applicants. Rebecca Attwood reports
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OECD may fill ‘missing link’ in world rankings
Learning outcomes project aims to get to grips with international teaching comparisons. John Morgan reports
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Academy must make the case for higher fees
Sector should put ‘its neck on the line’ and take the question on, former government adviser argues. Melanie Newman reports
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Blair ‘snaffles’ low-rate loans in face of Treasury apathy
Former PM opted for ‘interest-free’ student loans to curry favour with the electorate, Charles Clarke testifies. Rebecca Attwood reports
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UEA broke FoI law
Researchers were wrong to withhold data sought by climate-change sceptics, says information commissioner. Zoë Corbyn writes
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How not to write a PhD thesis
In this guide, Tara Brabazon gives her top 10 tips for doctoral failure
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Participation would fall if fees rise without extra aid
First submissions to review of fees and finance describe how costs affect applications. Melanie Newman reports
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Book of the week: Lake Views
Graham Farmelo delights in a top physicist's views on science, policy and faith
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Clever: Leading Your Smartest, Most Creative People
Nurturing gifted employees will benefit workers and employers - it makes sense to David Orford
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Disturbances of the Mind
In this cleverly constructed book, several of the puzzles of present-day neurology are considered alongside accounts of the lives and times of those with whom they are eponymously associated....
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The Canon: The History of Britain. By John Milton
Not only do we not know what the future holds; often we have little idea what the past holds. For Francis Bacon: "Time is like a river, which has brought down to us things light and puffed up, while...
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Policing Stalin's Socialism: Repression and Social Order in the Soviet Union, 1924-1953
Hidden victims of Stalinist suppression are revealed, finds Harold Shukman