UK and India commit to world-class partnerships
Prime minister's delegation agrees joint research projects and greater cooperation. Paul Jump reports
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Protect cash for access and outreach, Offa urges
Universities have been urged to maintain their commitment to access and outreach in the tough economic climate as figures show that spending on bursaries and scholarships has reached record levels....
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News in brief
Research councils: Boyle and Savill take top jobsNew chief executives have been appointed at two British research councils. Paul Boyle, who is head of the School of Geography and Geosciences at the...
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Loss of ally adds to Welsh unrest
Civil servant's departure leaves department with 'dearth of experience', Hannah Fearn writes
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#LoveHE: Cambridge hit the right note
A rewarding education set up a relationship for life, woven into my work as a composer, says Cheryl Frances-Hoad
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Mandatory academic writing classes: they'll thank you for it later
The UK sector should tackle undergraduates' poor written English via a nationally prescribed update of the US model, urges Alex Baratta
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How to stay on top
In this age of austerity, we need to fund excellence, say David Price and Stephen Caddick
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My wife's gone to the West Indies - official
Our vice-chancellor, who is currently in the Caribbean attending a two-week international conference on the challenge for higher education in a time of economic crisis, has responded angrily to Hefce...
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Just one more thing ..
Need to decipher a CV? Channel your inner detective, says Sally Feldman
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Leader: Teaching fare's just deserts
Universities must serve up pedagogy fit for the 21st century or suffer the consequences in reputational terms
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From where I sit - Grand plan or mission impossible?
From down here in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala in south India, the government's higher education reform proposals look a bit different than in glitzy New Delhi. Kerala, ruled now by mild...
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Iran's publish 'at any cost' mentality blamed for surge in academic fraud
University of Tehran scholar condemns quantity over quality approach. Hannah Fearn reports
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Alan Gilbert, 1944-2010
The inaugural president and vice-chancellor of the University of Manchester has died.Born in Brisbane, ߣߣÊÓƵ, on 11 September 1944, Alan Gilbert studied history at the ߣߣÊÓƵn National...
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Research intelligence - The good conduct guide
Singapore Statement seeks global cooperation to clarify and reduce misconduct, writes Paul JumpThe launch of the European Science Foundation's new code on research integrity marked a new level of...