Archbishop to take on Cambridge college role
The Archbishop of Canterbury is to step down at the end of the year to become the head of a University of Cambridge college, it has been announced.
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Million+ attacks government Dux scheme
A government scheme to reward top state-school pupils with a visit to a Russell Group university has been branded “tokenism” by a university mission group.
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World Reputation Rankings 2012 methodology
? Informed opinion at the heart of the matter Thousands worldwide have responded to our Academic Reputation Survey, whose rigorous methodology addresses common concerns and shows what scholars really...
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World University Rankings 2011-12 methodology
Phil Baty describes the methodological refinements that have made the 2011-12 rankings even more accurate and comprehensive No project that seeks to reduce the amazing variety of university activity...
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Simulacra and simulation to make dreaming spires reality
Inside a Hackney sixth form, a mini Oxford gives pupils an appetite and an aspiration for higher study. Joseph Lee writes
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China continues pouring cash into basic science
The Chinese government's budget for basic research is set to increase by more than a quarter this year.
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News in brief
United StatesHappiness is a concealed gunStudents and staff at a US university will be allowed to carry guns on to campus thanks to a Supreme Court ruling. The decision concerning the University of...
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Grant winners
LEVERHULME TRUSTResearch Project GrantsBasic sciences? Award winner: Tim Rakow? Institution: University of Essex? Value: ?124,184Broadening the applications for experience-based choice? Award winner...
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Cetls' impact assessed: the sector hardly felt a thing
Hefce-backed teaching programme failed to raise standards significantly. Jack Grove writes
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Russell Group 'a more natural fit'
Quartet abandon 1994 Group for new home among elite body. John Morgan reports
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Communication crisis as head and demand fall
The London College of Communication has suffered a 28 per cent drop in undergraduate applications for 2012-13 - greater than almost every university in England.
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US and UK stars still shine, but sunrise seen in the East
Asia and Europe up the pace as Harvard tops THE World Reputation Rankings. Jack Grove reports
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Hefce expects more marriages of financial convenience in the sector
Rise in CAM-do spirit foreseen as Birmingham and Nottingham mark anniversary. John Morgan writes
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Don't throw stones...build bridges, says EPSRC chair
Paul Golby pledges a more conciliatory approach to 'shaping capability' agenda, reports Paul Jump
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Flexible learners are on fast track to success
Students on accelerated two-year degrees often performed better than those on traditional three-year degrees, a report has said.