Grant us clarity
The delayed annual grant letter was received by the Higher Education Funding Council for England on 10 February. Annex 3 (Conditions of Grant on Regulated Fees) seems to raise an important and...
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Academia’s underclass
The article on the plight of graduate teaching assistants (“Ignored and forgotten”, Opinion, 13 February) was painfully true. I was a GTA for three years. I basically had a year when I did almost no...
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Broad church of the mind
Could working in a ‘team of rivals’ encourage academic creativity - and turn out better equipped graduates, too?
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Gove tight-lipped on A-level revamp cost
But estimate puts cost of Russell Group-led redesign at £10 million a year
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UUK review to focus on personnel
Workforce efficiencies study is about best practice, not cuts, body says
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Women in STEM still waiting for structural change
Dame Athene Donald brands MPs’ report on women in science ‘weak’
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Hefce’s Kaplan appointment risks ‘barbarians at the gate’
David Willetts accused of favouring for-profit sector with board appointment
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Self-publishing MA aims to bring authors’ ideas to book
Uclan offers ‘world’s first’ degree focused on core skills needed to enter growing DIY market
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Campus close-up: Bishop Grosseteste University
Institution celebrates Anglican roots as it seeks to recruit students from beyond the local area
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US cuts funding to George J. Mitchell Scholarship
President of US-Ireland Alliance says step is sign of America’s ‘indifference to Europe’
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Canada overhauls icy image to woo world’s students
A new marketing drive aims to boost country’s share of students from BRICS countries
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Let there be light inside the confessional
Catholic author and journalist John Cornwell discusses The Dark Box: A Secret History of Confession and the ‘imaginative exercise’ of religion
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Swansea seeks pro v-c in drive for research promotion
‘Inspirational leader’ needed as university adds £450m campus to city-centre base. Plus the latest higher education jobs and appointments
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Why do ministers ignore a flood of expertise?
Phil Ashworth on how to get scientific experts inside the political machine