Casualties rise even before the RAE starts
Exclusion from the research assessment exercise by managers seeking to maximise scores is causing personal and professional pain to academics, reports Anthea Lipsett A world-leading authority on...
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Scots fill life sciences pool
The life sciences, hailed by the Scottish Funding Council as one of the "jewels in Scotland's research crown", have received a £77 million boost to help bring together thousands of top-rated...
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UCU battles private enterprise
A recent wave of private takeovers of university departments has raised fears about the creeping privatisation of higher education. The University and College Union this week launched a campaign...
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Brits are not the most tolerant neighbours
As the Conservative Party this week launched a controversial attack on the divisive effects of multiculturalism, a new "bigotry league table" revealed the UK to be among the least tolerant countries...
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Quiet space for retreat if the spirit takes you
Contemplative spaces are still new to many campuses but, as Charlie Fox reports, whether for religious reflection or time out from a heavy workload, people find them a breath of fresh air It's 8 o'...
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Inside track...
Our occasional column keeps you abreast of developments in the jobs market, from tip-offs and career pointers to who's on the move in your field Chemical attraction A £17 million investment in new...
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Oh no - they won't go
As ageing staff stay longer in the job, US universities find it hard to bring in young academics, says Jon Marcus. US universities, concerned about a shortage of staff when those hired four decades...
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Student clash ends in killings
A verbal argument between students at the Beirut Arab University last week turned violent, spreading out on to the streets and leaving two students dead and more than 160 students and protesters...
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University heads cleared of harassment charges
Sexual harassment charges against two senior managers of the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, levelled by a dean who was being investigated for irregularly awarding her married lover a masters...
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Former security staff land top posts in Russian government
A study by a leading researcher into post-Soviet power elites has found that four out of five political leaders and state administrators in Russia are active or former members of the KGB or successor...
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Scientists risk prosecution
Russian academics with foreign funding fear espionage charges, writes Vera Rich. The Russian authorities' "indifference" towards science is driving scholars to seek Western funding, putting them at...
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All-seeing eye watches but often fails to notice
Research shows CCTV is oversold, but its ubiquity stifles work on other means of crime prevention, says Mike Press. Tackling crime is not rocket science - it is more complicated than that. But...
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Bridge the great divide so all can achieve
Does it matter that "vocational learners" progress to higher education at about half the rate of those on academic programmes? If access to higher education for vocational and academic learners alike...
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Third wave unveiled
The London School of Economics has unveiled a portrait of the eminent sociologist Anthony Giddens in its library. The former director of the LSE is said to like it, having wanted something "a bit...
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Anarchy in the UK
Sir Martin Rees, incumbent president of the Royal Society and Astronomer Royal, tried to incite anarchy among university officials who are too obsessed with the research assessment exercise and...