Visa concessions made, but question marks remain
Clampdown not as harsh as first feared, but still problematic, critics claim. Simon Baker reports
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Let's not do this again in a year or two, Browne says
Lord Browne of Madingley would feel "sad as a citizen" if the higher education system needed changing again in two or three years because it was deemed unsustainable.The author of last year's...
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Leading the dance
Is it John Travolta? Is it Elvis? No - it's Dominic Shellard, vice-chancellor of De Montfort University. Professor Shellard (fourth from left) donned his Saturday Night Fever outfit for a "dance-off...
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Teesside et al to feel full effects of teaching clawbacks
Teesside University will lose almost a fifth of its teaching money in 2011-12 compared with its original grant allocation for this year after a £6.6 million clawback by the funding council, figures...
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Gift of an idea for help in hard times
Universities aim to reconnect with the philanthropic tradition in bid to counter cuts, writes Hannah Fearn
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What would Lindsay say?
Keele's plan to shut philosophy and ethics units is a 'disaster', say scholars. John Morgan reports
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News in Brief
Journal retractionSpace claims seem to not add upA mathematics journal has retracted a paper by an Indian mathematician who claimed that science and spirituality "came from space", the Retraction...
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BBSRC to limit studentships to a score of partners
Move to concentrate doctoral funding comes as post-92 objections rumble on, writes Paul Jump
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Grant winners
THE LEVERHULME TRUSTInternational NetworksBasic sciences• Award winner: Louise Harra• Institution: University College London• Value: £124,677Probing the Sun: inside and out• Award winner: Kevin Flynn...
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Touches of evil
Ethical downfalls are not the result of single acts, but rather the daily erosion of moral standards, says Stefano Harney
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Appearances are deceptive
The German government minister who was accused of plagiarism really just wants to be loved, claims Christopher Reid
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In the race to the top, quality R&D is a must - but who will pay for it?
Steve Smith discusses the fundamental dilemmas that knowledge economies face over funding mass education systems and research
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Postech: digital edition
Taking inspiration from the top US universities has encouraged this South Korean institution to reach for the stars.
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Popular front
Is the prolific writer and broadcaster Niall Ferguson a 'proper' historian? The Scot tells Matthew Reisz that reaching a mass audience is a serious business - but not as serious as the decline in...
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Diary
Charleston, East SussexGarden FestivalCharleston, the residence of painters Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, was the country home-from-home for the whole Bloomsbury Group. The house has long hosted a...