Elite trio's knowledge transfer bids are rejected
Snub to Edinburgh, Imperial and Oxford is a blow to bid for £1 billion spin-off fund, writes Hannah Fearn
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Original features
The first phase of the University of Nottingham's Jubilee Campus was finished in 1999, on a site formerly occupied by the Raleigh bicycle factory.Last week marked the completion of the £30 million...
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A PC way to keep watchdogs at bay
UK scholars placate bureaucrats with the right phrases, book claims. Melanie Newman reports
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20 years ago
Hundreds of older lecturers are expected to opt for premature retirement to benefit from enhancements that will no longer be automatically available after polytechnics gain corporate status on 1...
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News in brief
American studiesHigher demand down to ObamaA rise in the number of applications for places on American studies courses is being attributed to an "Obama bounce", according to George Lewis, director of...
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The invisible hands that help shape intellectual inquiry deserve credit
Marquard Smith believes the editors of academic journals have played a key - if underappreciated - role in improving research quality
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Cause for celebration
RAE cash will broaden the UK's research base, so the Russell Group should stop complaining, says Malcolm McVicar
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Daytime TV: Equality and faith
Gary Day enjoys a look at strike activists and their impact, and muses on a new species of teenager
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Promoting religious beliefs in the workplace
We recently reported on the issues that an employer should consider when faced with employees’ conflicting beliefs in the workplace. The issue of religion and belief has again been in the public eye...
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The regional powers in world physics
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, 1981-2007
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We are all crazy now
Our thrusting Director of Corporate Affairs, Jamie Targett, has declared that he "totally agrees" with Dr Bruce Charlton of Newcastle University, who recently argued that universities lack sufficient...
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Blue skies or no sky at all
We must save pure research - it could be key to Earth's future, says Kevin Fong
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Leader: Leadership comes at a premium
Vice-chancellors' salaries have risen, but so have the demands of the job they do and the economic challenges they faceFor once, academics can start to feel justly rewarded. The new pay framework has...
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From where I sit - Erasmus opens Spanish vistas
There was a time when Erasmus Mundus was just a dream for the many Spanish students who whiled away their Sunday afternoons imagining what it would be like to study abroad.We must not forget that the...