French not sure how to act in crisis
The UK is not alone in trying to find the best way to fund and carry out research. The Times Higher looks at how other countries are tackling the problem. The French Government, university presidents...
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Russian mergers to streamline science
The UK is not alone in trying to find the best way to fund and carry out research. The Times Higher looks at how other countries are tackling the problem. The historic division of Russian higher...
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Failing to play to research strengths
The UK is not alone in trying to find the best way to fund and carry out research. The Times Higher looks at how other countries are tackling the problem. Germany invests about €53 billion (£35...
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Small businesses need to see profits
The UK is not alone in trying to find the best way to fund and carry out research. The Times Higher looks at how other countries are tackling the problem. Barry McSweeney, head of the European...
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Italy struggles to please all
The UK is not alone in trying to find the best way to fund and carry out research. The Times Higher looks at how other countries are tackling the problem. Italy's universities and research institutes...
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Independence and commerce links
The UK is not alone in trying to find the best way to fund and carry out research. The Times Higher looks at how other countries are tackling the problem. The Japanese Government has enacted a series...
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Challenge to boost cash for research
The UK is not alone in trying to find the best way to fund and carry out research. The Times Higher looks at how other countries are tackling the problem. An international survey ranked New Zealand...
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Cough up cash so best minds thrive
The UK is not alone in trying to find the best way to fund and carry out research. The Times Higher looks at how other countries are tackling the problem. Outgoing European Union research...
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Academics should not lead unexamined lives
Scholars must begin to scrutinise their practices and allow research to inform teaching, says Stephen Rowland. Higher education is the only major profession that is largely uninformed by the research...
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Alison Wolf
The French practice of seconding research experts to spending ministries is one we would do well to copy. The Government's mantra of "evidence-based policy" shows a touching determination to play to...
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Don's diary: Tango, tanks and trials in Buenos Aires
Monday The University of Buenos Aires Law School is probably the only faculty building in the world lusted after by a character in a musical. When Evita Per"n wanted the building for her own private...
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Fiery past of MoD man
After six months of devoting a meagre one day a week to his job as director-general of the research councils, Sir Keith O'Nions is at last stepping down as chief scientific adviser at the Ministry of...
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Yoghurt with no 'yucky' bits
Yeo Valley Organic has plastered the slogan "Food Scientists R Not Us" on buses across Southeast England to see if bashing boffins helps shift more bio-yoghurt. The line was coined by advertising...
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Club ties get you near goal
It used to be the old school tie that opened doors. Today, however, it seems to be football scarves that provide a leg-up. A case in point was last Wednesday's Westminster party to launch Exeter...
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Why I... believe universities could get much more impact from poets on campus
"You're not still here?" A pro vice-chancellor exclaimed in mock hysterics to a poet friend of mine in the car park of his university. Though he was joking, I couldn't help feeling that the remark...