Osborne announces ?600 million for 'science infrastructure'
The chancellor has used his Autumn Statement to announce ?600 million in extra investment for science infrastructure to support "technologies of the future".
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Inside Higher Ed: 'Becoming right'
By Colleen Flaherty, for Inside Higher Ed
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Student suicides rise along with debt burdens
The number of students taking their own lives rose by 50 per cent in four years, figures have shown.
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Engineering graduate numbers 'need to double' by 2020
The UK needs to double the annual number of graduates in engineering by 2020 if it is to meet the expected demand for such skills, the government was told today.
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Carat and stick: no hard targets for gold open access
Research Councils UK has insisted it will not punish universities that publish a lower proportion of gold open access papers than it envisaged in its allocation of block grants for article fees –...
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Science blog awards recognise youth and experience
A PhD student and a pharmacology professor have been named the joint winners of a national competition to honour the best science bloggers in the country
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Strathclyde picks up coveted title on awards night
The University of Strathclyde has been named University of the Year at the 糖心Vlog Awards 2012.
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THE Awards 2012: winners announced
The 糖心Vlog Awards 2012 are full of examples of the best of the best: the institutions, teams and individuals who have led the way at a time when leadership has been more essential...
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UKBA 'failed to act' over information on 150,000 students
More than 150,000 students who may have been staying in the UK illegally were not investigated by the UK Border Agency, according to a new report.
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News in brief
IsraelTwo-rate solutionAn Israeli university is charging overseas students rents that are almost double the amount paid by domestic students. Foreign students at Tel Aviv University pay nearly 2,400...
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Grant winners
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCILFollow-on FundAward winner: Stephen HutchingsInstitution: University of ManchesterValue: ?115,733Comparative approaches to Islam, security and television news:...
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Join us in the big tent
The CDBU is a broad church that aims to represent all who care for higher education, Mary Margaret McCabe writes
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No argument, Vince - just coalition cant and puerile propaganda
Fred Inglis responds to the secretary of state for business' defence of the 'swift and absolute destruction of the idea of a university'
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Loud and clear
Researchers didn't hold back when EPSRC head Paul Golby asked for feedback on the council's workings. Things will improve, he vows
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News in brief
Business schoolsExcluded middle costs us dearBusiness schools are failing to help mid-sized companies as much as they could and thus are holding back the UK's economy and society, a study has...