Hefce鈥檚 role has changed; can it still get the leader the sector needs?, asks Bahram Bekhradnia
If the funding council can鈥檛 find a leader with the stature to stand up to ministers, everyone will suffer, argues Bahram Bekhradnia
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Charting a 鈥榤iddle third鈥 course between further and higher education will pay dividends, argue Andy Westwood and Martin Doel
Andy Westwood and Martin Doel map out a route between FE and HE to deliver the flexibility the country needs
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News in brief
MoocsAnother four on FuturelearnFour more universities have announced plans to offer massive open online courses via the UK-based Futurelearn platform, taking the total number of higher education...
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The dangers of learning by聽鈥業鈥
Student-led learning environment is eroding academics鈥 authority, Jack Grove writes
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Digital team deleted as Jisc funding ends
A university-based centre of expertise that advises on digital infrastructure, information policy and data management across the sector has made two-thirds of its staff redundant after cuts to its...
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Who鈥檚 the boss? At Royal Holloway, it鈥檚 not scholars
UCU decries 鈥榓d hoc鈥 management decisions and paucity of academic input. Elizabeth Gibney writes
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The few, the proud, the completers of Moocs
When it comes to Moocs, many start but few finish, PhD student discovers. Chris Parr reports
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Will Yale鈥檚 lure empty out the sixth forms?
With A-level-aged students 鈥減erfectly capable鈥 of following free online university courses, sixth forms and further education colleges should expect greater competition, the deputy of a private...
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Country files: the release of the Universitas 21 rankings
Becomes first Asian country to break into the Universitas 21 top 10. David Matthews reports
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UCL biologist cleared of research misconduct
A University College London investigation has found that the research practice of a senior molecular biologist 鈥渄id not always meet the standard of good practice expected of UCL researchers鈥....
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ULU is dead; long live the University of London?
College leaders vote to close ULU but say support for federal structure remains. Jack Grove writes
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Russell Group exerts magnetic pull on ministers
Willetts and Cable appear to prefer visiting the Russell Group to post-1992s, writes John Morgan
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Leader - Star clusters
As research intensives band together to pool resources, they could be showing us the best way to weather the downturn
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The week in higher education
鈥淏oring鈥 university lectures are likely to be the first victims of the rise of online learning, according to Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales. Speaking to BBC Online on 1 May, Mr Wales suggested that...
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Control group
A new grouping of southeast institutions accounts for a third of EPSRC-funded work. Paul Jump reports