Nobel Prize in medicine shared for work in immunology
Three scientists, including one who died just days ago, have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2011.
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Inside Higher Ed: ‘No more plan B’
By Scott Jaschik, for Inside Higher Ed
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Universities may lose 6,000 student places to FE colleges, Labour says
Up to 6,000 undergraduate places that are being auctioned off to low-cost institutions will go to further education colleges rather than universities, the Labour Party has claimed.
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World University Rankings 2010-11 methodology
 Robust, transparent and sophisticated Phil Baty explains how in-depth consultation with the global academic community has produced the most exact and relevant world rankings yet devised It is, of...
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Cambridge and Oxford savage higher education White Paper
The government has come in for fierce criticism from the universities of Cambridge and Oxford in strongly-worded submissions to the White Paper consultation.
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Merger moves a step closer with plans for new university in South East Wales
The University of Wales, Newport, has responded to proposals for a radical contraction in the number of Welsh universities with plans for a new institution in the South East of the country.
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Gap between student incomings and outgoings widens
Many students face a shortfall of over £8,000 a year when state support is compared to the cost of living for the 2011-12 academic year, a new analysis suggests.
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From the heat of persecution to the cold shadow of neglect
Plight of refugee academics compounded by Western 'inhospitality'. Matthew Reisz reports
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Hard times: it pays to be practical in an age of academic austerity
Administrators favour funding applied subjects over 'pure' and 'soft' disciplines. David Matthews writes
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Grant winners
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHResearch Programme GrantsHealth Technology Assessment programme• Award winner: Mark Everard• Institution: Sheffield Children's Hospital• Value: £766,966SABRE (...
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Maladies and histories in a patient weighing of the past
The editor of a major new history of medicine brings two disciplines' perspectives to bear. Matthew Reisz reports
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News in brief
ItalySeismology shaken by trialThe decision to charge a number of Italian seismologists with man-slaughter for failing to predict a deadly earthquake has provoked outrage from their academic peers. A...
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UK-Afghan joint venture survives the bomb blast
John Morgan on British Council vow to continue scholarly mentoring work despite deadly attack
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Peers, review your actions
Help usher in universal open access - stop giving free labour to publishers that lock research away, says Michael Taylor
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Unshackled minds help institutions to conquer the greatest heights
The top-ranked universities allow their scholars the most freedom, a lesson many governments have yet to learn, warns Terence Karran