Online, Oxbridge drops off the radar as there's little 'buzz' about it
Oxbridge is near the top in university rankings, but it's a different story on the web, reports John Gill
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New BBSRC chief executive enters blogosphere
Few senior government officials do it. And the thought of a research council chief executive engaging in the practice is likely to raise a few eyebrows.But the new chief executive of the...
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Sector split over lowering bar for pupils in bad schools
Admissions staff may be more 'risk averse', survey of decision-makers finds. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Aston to open specialist engineering academy
Plans for the first university-led technical college in the country have been unveiled.
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Review says financial reserves are too low to assure long-term future
But unions complain that information provided is of little use for pay talks, writes Melanie Newman
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CIHE: not the right time for new university towns
The UK higher education sector will struggle to remain world class if the Government spends public money creating new university centres in Britain's higher education blackspots.That is the warning...
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Bittersweet birthday cheer
John Ashworth wonders whether Cara's 75th anniversary is really a cause for celebration or a reason for reflection
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How can we measure the quality of research without quantity data?
The lack of an intensity measure could dent confidence in the outcome of the research assessment exercise, says Brian Cantor
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Daytime TV: Time and emotions
Gary Day on the physics of time, lonely women flirting with youth, religion, and the aftermath of flu
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Top 20 countries in geosciences based on citations per paper
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 1998-31 August 2008
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A matter of opinions
Is student-centred learning a sound practice based on mutually respectful shared scholarship or a managerialist fad that fails to stretch the brightest? John Gill weighs the arguments
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So what do you do ..
In social situations, topologists and biophysicists alike find that their enthusiasm for their discipline is not always infectious. Matthew Reisz reports
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11 December 2008
Chattering classes - Student-centred learning is built on sharing opinions, but is it just faddish babble?
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Performing Class in British Popular Music
A case study on musical performance takes us into rarely charted waters, finds Martin James