Anger over ‘policy flip-flopping’ as some rethink fee waivers
One in five higher education institutions in England is seeking to lower its fee levels to less than £7,500 to bid for additional student places, the Office for Fair Access has said.
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Auditors criticise RCUK as budget for shared services project balloons
The research councils might never recoup the money they have spent on the troubled Shared Services Centre, the National Audit Office has warned in a critical report.
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Such Stuff as Dreams: The Psychology of Fiction
If you've ever wondered why you're addicted to Dan Brown thrillers, passionate about Proust, or obsessed with Pride and Prejudice, Keith Oatley's Such Stuff as Dreams aims to provide an answer.Oatley...
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Hitler, Mussolini and the Vatican: Pope Pius XI and the Speech that Was Never Made
This is an English translation of a book that was first published in Italian four years ago, and that aroused considerable controversy in the author's native Italy.The reasons for the controversy are...
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Tipping point for Uganda as lack of resources not addressed
David Matthews reports from Kampala on problems with public funding and academic freedom
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No plaudits for 'audit culture'
Collection of scholarly essays attacks 'distorting' effects of coalition reforms. Simon Baker reports
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News in brief
University sportsGame on for 2012The third Universities Week is to celebrate the higher education sector's contribution to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Running from 30 April to 7 May...
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Appliance of science (and arts) the key to recruitment
Bath v-c tells Simon Baker how appointment strategy is vital to sector's long-term health
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Dreaming the impossible dream 'is no strategy for the squeezed middle'
Lessons for UK as book details often inappropriate focus of American institutions. Matthew Reisz writes
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Foreign outposts will benefit from Knight moves
The head of University College London's ߣߣÊÓƵn campus has been assured by the nation's immigration minister that it will benefit from relaxed student-visa rules, after concerns that it would be...
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News in brief
IndiaSafe to enter? You'll scare us offIndia's plans to usher in foreign universities could scare off American colleges, an official from the US Department of Commerce has warned. The foreign...
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Greece scraps 'academic asylum' laws to curb abuse
State repeals ban against police on campus after reports of criminal activity. Jack Grove reports
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Rand: reform R&D to revivify Hellenic economy
The Greek research system should be overhauled to help boost economic growth, a government-commissioned review has found, as the state-reliant sector faces a squeeze in the nation's debt meltdown.
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Grant winners
WELLCOME TRUST INVESTIGATOR AWARDSEach investigator will receive from £500,000 over three years to more than £3 million over seven years.• Award winners: William Cookson and Miriam Moffatt•...
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Careering out of control
By collaborating to provide careers advice to teenagers, universities will help to broaden outreach, says Tessa Stone