Why a fruit fly is for life
Priority funding is on offer for replacing protected lab animals with invertebrates, reports Zoe Corbyn
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Grant winners
NC3RsThe National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research has funded ten new grants, totalling £2.6 million.Award winner: Sue BarnettInstitution: University of...
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Denham goes back to basics on funding for science
Minister rebuts allegations that only 'commercial' projects get government support, writes Zoe Corbyn
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Physicists hit back at king after call for scientists to focus on 'immediate' problems
Scientists mounted a robust defence of funding for fundamental research at the annual Festival of Science organised by the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BA) in Liverpool last...
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Stem-cell scientist looks East for great leap forward
Zoe Corbyn meets the biologist working to boost Sino-British links and probe Chinese medicine's secrets
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Sterling silver assets
Mary Evans says the sector stands to gain from greater use of retired scholars' wisdom, experience and independence
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Forget the evidence - a real debate with the public is what we need
Educational research is meaningless and out of touch because it is completely divorced from wider social concerns, argues Dennis Hayes
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Retreating to the bunker
At first, those chosen for academic audit were startled rabbits, says Frank Burnet; soon they had wised up to minimise the risk of injury
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Reform unfair aid system, says Hepi
Report calls for national pool of fee income to end 'market' in bursaries. Melanie Newman reports
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Striptease results in official campus cover-up
When confronted with protests over plans for a stripper to appear at a conference on campus, managers at the University of Nottingham reached an uneasy compromise.Rather than banning the striptease...
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The week in higher education
A US-style aptitude test, proposed by government advisers to help disadvantaged teens get into university, favours white boys from grammar schools, researchers say. The use of American SATs - which...
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UEL governors confirm v-c's suspension over leadership
Concerns about Martin Everett's management are being investigated. Melanie Newman reports
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Misconduct policy branded 'Band-Aid for cancer'
A new standard procedure outlining how universities should investigate allegations of research misconduct has been issued by the UK Research Integrity Office (UKRIO).But the procedure, which dictates...
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Humanities overlooked by politicians
... but metrics won't improve things, says British Academy. Zoe Corbyn and Hannah Fearn report
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'Measure it and don't be afraid'
Numerically measuring the impact that humanities and social-science research has on public policy, the economy and society is essential to ensuring that the research is not undervalued.This is the...