Open access funds ‘adequate’, government maintains
Adequate funding has been allotted for universities to meet the cost of open access, the government has maintained
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THE Awards 2013: winners announced
From hundreds of submissions, and the dozens that made the shortlists, our judges have selected 18 universities, individuals and teams as the best of the best. It has been an inspiring process, and...
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Ministers bring forward student support cutbacks
Britain’s poorest students are set to lose bursaries and other support worth £100 million next year after ministers fast-tracked planned cuts.
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University of Sussex threatens legal action after reoccupation
Students have reoccupied a conference centre at the University of Sussex that was at the centre of previous protests over the outsourcing of services.
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THE podcast: 28 November 2013 issue review
Download the podcastThe expansion of student numbers at private colleges, some universities’ snobby approach to credit transfer, and the launch of a national higher education computer network are all...
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Student loan forecasts ‘consistently’ wrong, says NAO
Ministers have been accused of “industrial scale incompetence” after a damning report on student loans was released by the public spending watchdog
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28 November 2013
Academics sans frontières - Is self-censorship the price researchers must pay to access politically sensitive regions?
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Odds and quads - 28 November 2013
Born in 1937, Ed Ruscha began his career within pop art and has since become a leading figure across the visual arts through drawings, “word paintings”, photographs and films. In 2013 he appeared in...
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THE Scholarly Web - 28 November 2013
Weekly transmissions from the blogosphere
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Patricia Buffler, 1938-2013
A leading researcher on childhood cancers has died
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Grant winners - 28 November 2013
Leverhulme TrustEarly Career FellowshipsThese offer salary costs for researchers at the beginning of their academic careers, providing them with the opportunity for advancement and enabling them to...
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News in brief - 28 November 2013
ߣߣƵSpread more thinly to go furtherAn ߣߣƵn politician has defended the latest cuts to vocational course subsidies, arguing that funding will go further as a result. Peter Hall, skills...
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Campus round-up - 28 November 2013
Selfie consciousnessWhen the Oxford Dictionaries declared “selfie” – a photo of oneself, taken by oneself, usually on a smartphone – the 2013 Word of the Year, we used our Twitter account to ask for...
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News in brief - 28 November 2013
Latin American higher educationRectors ready to fly down to RioA major conference of university rectors will be held next year in Rio de Janeiro, focusing on higher education in Latin America and “...
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That sinkhole feeling
The absence of regulation and spiralling RAB costs threaten to undermine a growing sense of stability in the sector