Government accused of ignoring need for learning beyond work
A two-year inquiry finds education opportunities for older people are shrinking, says Hannah Fearn
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Males more optimistic, but to their detriment
Male students are more confident than their female counterparts and expect to do better academically - but they are also more likely to drop out or defer their studies, according to research.A team...
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Image is everything, Lammy tells v-cs
Minister says that public's view of sector could determine funding levels, writes Melanie Newman
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Formal review to consider four key areas of postgraduate study
Vitae conference also told about the possibility of Roberts funding winding up. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Auditors clear former v-c and wife's expenses
Leeds Metropolitan University will clarify its policies on staff expenses after an independent investigation found that senior managers had failed to provide receipts for items bought on university...
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Healthy Developments
Support for researchers' professional development is at an all-time high, two studies presented at the Vitae conference last week suggest.The 2009 Careers in Research Online Survey of about 6,000...
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Rules are revised after big promise proves empty
Without checks on donor, university accepted a pledge of £2.5 million. Melanie Newman reports
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News in brief
Exam howlers'Best Wank and Gaza' winsCongratulations to Leo Enticknap, lecturer in cinema at the University of Leeds, who is the winner of this year's ߣߣÊÓƵ "exam howlers"...
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Literary champion of moral revival finally gets his homecoming
Christopher Terry welcomes a re-examination of the work of F.R. Leavis and the legacy of his controversial style of criticism
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Daytime TV: Love me do
TV histories may struggle for free expression, but the Beatles enjoyed it in abundance, Gary Day finds
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Arguing About Religion
Editor: Kevin TimpeEdition: FirstPublisher: RoutledgePages: 633Price: £80.00 and £.99ISBN: 9780415988612 and 8629Unlike some other volumes in the Arguing about Philosophy series, this anthology does...
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The titans: Institutional rankings by output and citations
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 1999-30 April 2009
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'Never too young to teach' - official
Speaking to a mass rally of the 2,469 postgraduates who will be teaching undergraduate courses at the University of Poppleton in the coming term, our Director of Curriculum Development, Janet...
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Unfair, misplaced vitriol
Media studies is belittled despite graduates' success, says Sally Feldman
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Science needs more space
Research should be aimed at improving our lives, not increasing our bank balances, says Thomas Docherty