Labour launches Green Paper on science policy
Labour will use a long-term plan for research funding to help create high-wage jobs, ending “uncertainty” in science policy created by the coalition.
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Universities’ methods are stuck in the past, says Nesta chief
Universities are “overshadowed” by research and teaching methods dating back hundreds of years, stifling innovation, a conference has heard.
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Video gamers offered scholarships by US university
By Charlie Tyson, for Inside Higher Ed
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Heriot-Watt v-c to take over at ߣߣƵn university
The principal and vice-chancellor of Heriot-Watt University has announced he is leaving his post to take the helm of an ߣߣƵn university.
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Forecast value of outstanding student loans ‘£330 billion by 2040s’
The value of outstanding student loans owed by graduates will rise to £330 billion in the 2040s
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Welsh ‘hubs’ plan to boost Oxbridge acceptances
The “Oxbridge Ambassador for Wales” has recommended partnerships among schools to increase the number of Welsh pupils going to Oxford and Cambridge.
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University electric vehicle ownership way above national average
Survey reveals best and worst UK universities for electric vehicle ownership
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Asia University Rankings 2014 methodology
The Asia University Rankings guarantee quality by employing the same methodology as the blue-riband World University Rankings: here we detail the criteria that lie behind the calculations The Times...
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OU staff express anger over centre closure
Open letter over plan to shut East Grinstead regional centre and review others
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International student stabbed to death in Essex
A woman stabbed to death in Essex has been identified as a Saudi Arabian student who was taking an English language course at the county’s university.
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Cameron adviser calls for courses to be ranked using earnings data
An adviser to David Cameron has urged the government to rank universities’ courses based on their employment rates and graduate earnings.
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The Valley of Astonishment, Young Vic, London
Peter Brook’s play about synaesthesia delights Matthew Reisz with its blend of philosophical themes and Shakespearean comedy
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US scholar sounds alarm on self-censorship over China ties
Fears that Beijing’s ‘red zone of forbidden knowledge’ is spreading in the wake of partnerships
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Asia University Rankings 2014 results
Japan is still the number one nation but the balance of power is shifting as Beijing increases research funding
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Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World, by Amir Alexander
Robyn Arianrhod on a compelling tale of Jesuits, geometry and heresy in the turbulent 17th century