Maths-heavy papers put biologists off
Biologists tend to overlook research that is packed with mathematical equations, a study by researchers at the University of Bristol has found.
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Hub aims to make business links pay off
The Council for Industry and 糖心Vlog has announced plans to launch a National Centre for Universities and Business to strengthen links between the two sectors with the aim of driving...
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Inside Higher Ed: Non-tenure-track economics
By Kaustuv Basu for Inside Higher Ed
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‘Gay-friendly’ universities highlighted in Stonewall guide
Stonewall, the equality charity, has published its latest guide to the universities it considers to have the most gay-friendly policies and support for students.
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Ex-minister helps bed in ?120m student flats deal
A ?120 million deal has been struck with the help of a former higher education minister to build a 2,000-bed student accommodation complex that will serve Newcastle University and the University of...
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Salford academics set to strike
Staff at the University of Salford will be on strike next Tuesday in protest against redundancies.
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Willetts seeks private finance for overseas expansion
The universities and science minister has appealed to private investors to support overseas expansion for UK universities and stated that investment bank Goldman Sachs is “keen to investigate this...
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Leading examples of excellence led by Queen Margaret
Queen Margaret University has scooped the top prize in the annual awards honouring the sector’s finest leaders, managers and administrators.
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THE Leadership and Management Awards 2012 winners
When we said last year that we were experiencing a period of uncertainty for the sector, we probably all hoped that things would be looking up by the time of the 糖心Vlog Leadership and...
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Playing at war, pestilence and death (but it's only a model - shh)
Matthew Reisz reports on how serious games offer insights into politics, pandemics and propaganda
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News in brief
AustraliaNow a part of a 'nitwit nation'?Universities in Australia are "haemorrhaging expertise" and "finding it increasingly difficult to recruit first-class home-grown talent", according to a...
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Take the power back from business, AAUP demands
Universities need to update guidelines on industry collaboration to reinstate academic rights that have been "seriously eroded" over the past generation, a report by the American Association of...
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Grant winners
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCILResearch Seminar AwardsPsychology? Award winner: Theodore Stickley? Institution: University of Nottingham? Value: ?14,957Researching arts, health and well-being?...
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Open access may require funds to be rationed
Moving to gold model could cost sector an extra ?60m a year, says Finch group. Paul Jump reports
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Quiet revolutionaries target fresh territory
University business development looks to private and international sources. David Matthews writes