The following is a selection from the more than 110 comments posted on our website, timeshighereducation. co.uk, in reaction to John Summers's essay:"You mentioned a 'few shining exceptions', we are...
Journal editor calls for more respect and cash for interdisciplinary arts research. Zoe Corbyn reports
Researchers from 200 colleges across America can now work simultaneously on a single project thanks to a new supercomputer network that came into operation last week. Linking six computer centres and...
Employer-partnered qualificationsRaising cash is key concernUniversities offering degrees in partnership with employers are more concerned about raising employer co-funding than quality assurance,...
Early-career researchers with 'groundbreaking' work may earn an ERC windfall, reports Matt Rooney
The Wellcome TrustThe 2008 Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowships have been announced. Subsequent to an initial offer of 20 awards, 17 newly qualified postdoctoral researchers have been selected...
Misha Ahrens looks forward to spending the four years of his Henry Wellcome Fellowship studying our perception of time
Sir Timothy O'Shea has been appointed chair of the Joint Information Systems Committee, the body that manages the universities' computer network, from January. Currently principal and vice-chancellor...
Jonathan Taylor posits that our emphasis on the advancement of knowledge can crush creativity
Graham Manville and Gill Schiel outline the challenges institutions face harnessing the potential of this new whirlpool of talent
The precedents, the tear-stained notes, the wisdom of Solomon (The External): Frank Burnet wonders whatever happened to exam boards
Anxiety mounts as students offer their verdict on whether lecturers are hot. Rebecca Attwood reports
Salford pays for refusal to apologise over expense claim allegation. Melanie Newman reports
Parents "dread" their children going to university because they fear financial ruin as they struggle to pay for higher education, according to a survey widely reported on 7 August. "University, a...
Board members, co-founder and university step away from Sussex centre, says Melanie Newman