Dividends predicted for open culture
The British Library aims to build a concrete case for open access in the academy, with research findings from an exhibition that opened this week expected to provide evidence that research quality...
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News in brief
United StatesMcCain backs for-profitsFormer US presidential candidate John McCain has backed for-profit institutions in an increasingly bitter Washington battle. During a Senate hearing on for-...
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Japan's open-door policy hinges on an attitude shift
Entrenched ideas hinder drive to attract more foreign students and staff, writes Michael Fitzpatrick
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Grant Winners
HUMANITIES IN THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA NETWORKThe Hera Network has awarded more than EUR16 million to 19 transnational collaborative research projects across Europe. Co-funded by the European...
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Transatlantic exchange
UK universities are regularly exhorted to learn from the US, but we can teach them, too, writes Matthew Partridge
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Community may be impoverished if all individuals pay more
Why are Americans happier to pay fees than Britons? Cary Cooper looks at the possible consequences of adopting their model here
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The Week in Higher Education
The glory associated with winning a Nobel prize may be undiminished, but the financial rewards are lower than they have been for a decade, it was reported on 5 October. In straitened times, the £937,...
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Lord of the market: let competition and choice drive quality
Browne's review of fees and finance calls for end to blanket subsidy and fees cap. Simon Baker writes
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Heart of the matter: the review in summary
Lord Browne's review calls for "genuine competition for students between institutions of a kind which cannot take place under the current system". Here's how it would work:
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Low-cost subjects 'should survive the loss of grants'
Lord Browne dismisses fears by insisting flexibility will maintain provision. Simon Baker talks to him
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Mega-quango would control funding, access, quality and student issues
Hepi head claims that review panel has been commandeered by the government, reports Rebecca Attwood
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In the shake-up to come, no guarantees for anyone
Lord Browne's review of student fees and finance - if implemented in full - will have a huge impact on the structure of the sector. Here we examine the likely outcome for different types of...
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Things fall apart
This mouldy bread and sour milk was part of a collection of rancid food in a "rotting room" used to show the rates at which different items decompose.Iain Haysom, course leader in diet and health at...
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From dawn till dawn: The daily anxieties of teachers
Education researchers are getting the low-down from academic diaries. Rebecca Attwood writes
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Tiers sting as UK immigration cap puts squeeze on overseas talent
The government's interim immigration cap has left one of the UK's major research universities able to recruit or keep only 78 "skilled" overseas academics this year - and the permanent cap could...