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The week in higher education
A secret report about the potential sale of the student loan book has finally been made public despite inept efforts to keep it under wraps, The Guardian reported on 14 June. Submitted to the...
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Allocations, allocations
Cuts to widening participation funds anticipated to meet spending review targets. John Morgan writes
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Health charities’ research still needs state support
Medical research will suffer if coalition stops giving generously, AMRC head tells Elizabeth Gibney
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‘User’-friendly REF panels to gauge impact
Hefce reveals 215 assessors chosen from outside academy
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Gold-standard spending
Pattern emerging of how sector is spending RCUK open-access cash. Elizabeth Gibney reports
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Mersey motion rejects revised contract terms
UCU criticises ‘gun to head’ of 2,800 non-academic staff
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Principal poll: v-cs don’t rate Mooc threat
No such thing as higher education sector, claims one v-c in 60-strong poll. John Morgan writes
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NUS president’s parting shots
NUS’ outgoing leader tells John Morgan that v‑cs and Russell Group must stand up for the sector
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Global young guns: East rises, UK falls
UK loses some gloss in second global ranking of youthful institutions, Jack Grove writes
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Good science but bad business? Put it on the kill list
Knowledge-transfer experts map path to market for university inventions. Elizabeth Gibney reports
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When business partners get that sinking feeling
Rick Rylance offers academy guidance for business collaborations
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News in brief
Funding and donationsArchive of pain nets £1m grantThe world’s oldest archive devoted to the Holocaust and the Nazi era has secured a £1 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to safeguard its...
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Praise for Willetts over birth cohort data
Willetts’ support for birth cohort study wins unlikely fans at forum. Matthew Reisz reports
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Campus round-up
Remember themEducation experts will lead a project to send two pupils and a teacher from every state secondary school to the battlefields of the First World War. Working with the Education Travel...