V-c may challenge UKBA for staining reputation
A vice-chancellor is considering legal action against the UK Border Agency over the damage she said her university has suffered because of its "disproportionate" action.
A vice-chancellor is considering legal action against the UK Border Agency over the damage she said her university has suffered because of its "disproportionate" action.

Stuck in the 'valley of death'? There's always a place at Silicon Valley. Matthew Reisz reports
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Council backs School of Pharmacy's union with UCL despite 'vociferous' opposition, writes Simon Baker
Official says UKBA is investigating reduced-price places for foreign students. Sarah Cunnane reports
Public trust in scienceA measure of faithThe Royal Society is to carry out a study into openness and public trust in science. The move comes in the wake of the Climategate controversy, in which...

Women told to be more assertive when scaling the barriers of sexism, writes Matthew Reisz

We must properly debate all ideas: even off-quota places have some merits, as the ߣߣÊÓÆµn experience showed, says Don Nutbeam

Artists' ability to portray the human cost of war makes them invaluable, even in the era of 24-hour news, argues Peter Hill
CambridgeAeneas in HellAn opera devised by British librettist and music critic Paul Griffiths will receive its world stage premiere at Anglia Ruskin University on 24 May and will run until 28 May (...

FissureYorkshire DalesLouise Ann Wilson, formerly part of the creative team wilson+wilson, creates intense site-specific performances. Earlier examples of her work have taken small audiences through...

"We're hoping to send at least a couple of coachloads."That was the enthusiastic response of Gerald Thudd, our Head of Research Impact, to the news that the London School of Economics will be hosting...
Citation indices are poor and distorting proxies for research quality - they should get the boot, argues Thomas Docherty

AHRC head feels heat of defending funding plans to the academy, reports Paul Jump

Fabian ideals of social improvement, lots of overseas students and possibly the first sub-£9,000 tuition fee in the Russell Group: the London School of Economics has always been a place of innovation...