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Annual return reveals Sally Hunt's 'modest' rise and size of UCU's surplus. John Morgan writes

Annual return reveals Sally Hunt's 'modest' rise and size of UCU's surplus. John Morgan writes

Access and dropout rates improve but elite still face participation hurdles, writes Rebecca Attwood
A plan by funding chiefs to link support for postgraduate research students to a university's research quality is another step towards recreating a "binary" higher education system, a pro vice-...
Quality warning for overseas campuses that fail to export 'institutional culture', writes John Morgan
Scottish higher education is "in crisis", beset by staff disputes over "farcical" management structures that leave universities rife with "cronyism".
Review aims to make examiner system less cosy and more transparent. Rebecca Attwood reports
Tight procedures facing overseas talent may discourage interest in UK. John Morgan reports
Wakeham reviewRCUK's 5 per cent solutionUniversities and institutes with the least efficient research will be required to reduce their indirect costs by 5 per cent. The Research Councils UK report...
Undergraduate claims he was gagged by students' union over contentious article. John Gill writes
Who wouldn't want to help Africans avoid malaria and find sustainable work? Western aid officials, says Nick Petford

Peter Mandler worries that government priorities are creeping into AHRC decision-making and constraining researchers
Top institutions in immunologyData provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators database, 1 January 2000-31 December 2010Â Institution Papers CitationsCitations per paper1Osaka...

Neil LaBute's brother-and-sister drama prompts Siân Adiseshiah to consider how siblings are presented on stage
The Cult of Beauty: The Aesthetic Movement 1860-1900Victoria and Albert Museum, LondonWhat is now the Victoria and Albert Museum played a crucial role in the development of the Aesthetic Movement by...
LondonMaazel: Mahler Cycle 2011Whether inspired by nature, poetry or his own spiritual journeys, Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) famously wanted each of his symphonies to conjure up a whole world. Over the...