University of Sheffield - Birds of pray
Rare peregrine falcons are being encouraged to nest in Sheffield for the first time after a university estates team constructed a special platform on a local church. Over the past few years, the...
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University of Reading - Open-access all areas
A university has joined a growing trend by mandating staff to deposit research outputs in an online institutional repository. The Central Archive at the University of Reading will become the official...
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University of Glasgow - Words of value
Royalties earned by a university following the publication last year of the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary are to be pumped into a series of postgraduate scholarships to fund...
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Institute of Education - Life starts now
Retirement should be seen as an exciting new chapter in a person's life, according to a book by staff at the Institute of Education, University of London. Retiring Lives, edited by academics Eileen...
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A clear and present danger
Many scholars feel that their freedom to question is in danger of being eroded or even lost. Zoe Corbyn examines the threat in the UK, while Christoph Bode and David Gunkel consider the state of...
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My eureka moment: Rocks and hard places
Mike Petterson's geological expertise has seen him travel the world, but perhaps his greatest eureka moments have come in Afghanistan, amid his efforts to help rebuild a shattered country
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11 February 2010
Bound and gagged - Threats to academic freedom from without and within
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Russell Group head grilled by MPs over claim cuts would set sector back 800 years
Michael Arthur stood firm on his view the UK would be unable to maintain its international competitiveness if finances are slashed. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Visa rules change but the door remains open
Non-EU students still able to pursue sub-degree qualifications. John Morgan writes
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MPs demand teacher training shake-up
Select committee wants higher entry requirements and an end to undergraduate-level provision. John Morgan reports
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The insecure scholar: A faint whiff of security
A positive start at a new university makes the possibility of finding the dream job more believable
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Take a number: applications to study rise 23%
Universities call for more funded places as recession intensifies competition for places.
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Catcher revisited
In the aftermath of J. D. Salinger’s death, Robert Segal looks again at the novel that made his reputation, and asks whether it is relevant today
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Two-tier system should replace ‘ramshackle’ university governance
Higher education expert to argue that current system falls between two stools and ‘will not do’. Melanie Newman reports
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‘Independent’ Oxford application exposes system’s weaknesses
First-year student who claimed to have more than ten A-grade A levels suspended while ‘discrepancies’ are investigated. Melanie Newman reports