Crouching tigers ready to pounce
Yale boss welcomes 'audacious' ambitions of emerging Asian nations. Phil Baty reports
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Newcastle goes back to basics to avoid plagiarism
A faculty at the centre of an embarrassing plagiarism case has ordered senior researchers to check more carefully the drafts of papers written by inexperienced colleagues.The faculty of medical...
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'Draconian' measure: King's to cut 205 jobs
College cites government reductions and RAE results as reasons for purge. John Morgan writes
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RCUK's back-office blues as project blows budget while delivering less
Shared Service Centre's business plan in the dock for grossly inaccurate forecasts. Zoë Corbyn writes
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'Naive' arts partners exploited by the academy
Universities are inadvertently "exploiting" small arts organisations because of their superior negotiating skills when working on joint projects.An analysis commissioned by the London Centre for Arts...
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'Impact' defined: profits for publishers or advice for Sky
'Barrel scraped' as funders strive to delineate REF measure in the arts. Melanie Newman reports
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Six SFC members to decide fate of millions
The Scottish Funding Council has come under fire after overhauling the way large sums of money are allocated for knowledge-transfer and capital projects.The SFC's new investment committee, launched...
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News in brief
Knowledge transferKT pays but IP is a barrierInvestment in research and knowledge exchange pays off, according to research. A report compiled for the Higher Education Funding Council for England...
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Wary foreigners are in the ghetto
Culture clash sees overseas students flock together to the detriment of learning. John Morgan writes
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Daytime TV: The enemy within
Gary Day is moved by Julie Walters' superb portrayal of Mo Mowlam but finds Hamlet leaves him cold
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Top nations in physics
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators database, January 1999-October 2009
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Truth? There's the rub
Politicians and people profess to prize authenticity and integrity, but discerning the truthful person from the sincere but self-deceived and the dissembling is tricky. Simon Blackburn ponders...
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Extreme makeover
The University of Hong Kong has rebuilt its curriculum from the ground up to embrace 'experiential learning' and internationalism so as to produce 'global citizens'. Hannah Fearn reports
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Pecking order
Peter Lennox keeps chickens, and they have taught him a great deal about behaviour, ethics, evolution and the psychopathic nature of modern 'efficiency'
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The Imagination of Evil: Detective Fiction and the Modern World, by Mary Evans
For many readers, morbid stories reaffirm a conviction in their own morals, finds Stacy Gillis