Don’t shrink science in the House of Lords, Cameron told
Four learned societies have written to the prime minister to protest against plans to reduce the resources of the Lords Science and Technology Committee.
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Student’s suspension is a matter for Cambridge, Willetts says
David Willetts has declined to offer any support to a University of Cambridge student who was suspended for two and a half years for heckling him.
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Memory block: how to keep awkward bits of history alive
Save all, read all? Matthew Reisz on the archivists devising protocols for preserving born-digital data
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'Education allows our people to make a living anywhere'
Palestinian universities are determined to expand despite limited resources. Matthew Reisz writes
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Grant winners
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCILFollow on Fund? Award winner: Kate Pickett? Institution: University of York? Value: ?99,925Discussing inequality: materials for the classroom and beyond? Award...
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Academic salaries no longer attract top talent, survey finds
Scholars' remuneration packages fail to match pay in many other professions. Jack Grove reports
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Publishers cry foul over RCUK access plans
Tensions between publishers and funding bodies over open access to research papers have flared up again after the Publishers Association accused Research Councils UK of riding roughshod over...
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Teesside licence suspended as UKBA cracks whip
An English university has become the first UK higher education institution known to have had its licence for sponsoring international students suspended since rules were toughened.
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Group wants AHRC to clarify 'broken' position on funding
Subject heads to quiz Rylance over signs support for postgraduates will fall 27%. Paul Jump writes
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Pakistan has the antidote to brain drain: cash
Developing countries wanting to improve their universities should emulate the success of Pakistan in retaining top academics by paying them hefty salaries, according to the country's former science...
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Top university posts still elude female academics, study finds
Female academic leaders tend to get stuck in bureaucratic middle management roles rather than reaching top university posts, a study has found.
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Continental drift towards global alliances 'not in Africa's interests'
Build bridges closer to home to stop best minds going West, conference is told. Jack Grove reports
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Cuts threaten access reputation, Ulster staff claim
Academics fear that 'provision of teaching will be seriously diminished'. Matthew Reisz writes
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News in brief
University accessDux for cover? Elite should payA government scheme to reward top state school pupils with a visit to a Russell Group institution has been branded as "tokenism" by a university...
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Hunting parallels, but don's life is stranger than fiction
Jack Grove hears how a chance encounter propelled Arthur Gibson from Bradford's slums to Cambridge's high table