Physicists defend coffers from a raid by engineers
Learned societies fight their corners as BIS seeks advice on UK research needs, writes Paul Jump
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Unions call for national ballot on USS changes
Employers and trade unions are again at odds over higher education's biggest pension scheme, this time disagreeing about a consultation with members on major changes.The consultation, a statutory...
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Leave your machete at home and other safety tips
Conference debates how best to advise overseas students on avoiding trouble. John Morgan reports
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Hundreds sign petition to save literacy unit from closure
Governors at a London university are being lobbied to save a consultancy and professional development centre for staff working in literacy and numeracy.More than 1,000 people have signed petitions...
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What price victory? Ten times more than defeat
The huge costs that universities can incur fighting employment tribunal claims, even when the institution is vindicated by the result, have been highlighted by a case in Scotland.The University of St...
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Wanted: grants made for walking
ESF chief says young researchers value mobility and autonomy over job security. Paul Jump reports
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News in Brief
Graduate jobsPrescription for successThere is wide variation in graduate employment rates between universities, figures show. The proportion of graduates who are working or studying six months after...
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Profit and loss
Gary Day watches a story of spiralling debt and fails to be uplifted by a fairy-tale take on unemployment
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Stop me if you've heard this one!
Our university has responded promptly to the news that Mark Russell and Helen Barefoot of the University of Hertfordshire's Learning and Teaching Institute have discovered the formula for the perfect...
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When the levy breaks
A flawed graduate tax will harm students and the sector, says Alan Ryan
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Research intelligence - Pilot wail: clarification please
Hefce's trial of the REF's impact assessment is highlighting where the problems lie, writes Paul Jump
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewersRobert Eaglestone is professor of contemporary literature and thought, Royal Holloway, University of London. "I've been rereading Hannah...
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Off Piste: Pride of place
The British landscape and representations of it in art give rise to a happy patriotic glow in many people. Fred Inglis shares that fervour
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Leader: Open the lab doors to the light
To restore faith after Climategate, researchers must be clearer about the limits of peer review and transparent in their workings