No bias for crass action
Contra the media and the bruised egos in the financial sector, the academic mindset is well suited to the Bank of England governorship
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Finch's open-access cure may be 'worse than the disease'
Research elite say cost of gold plan could cripple the sector as publishers profit. Paul Jump writes
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Chill wind from Gloucestershire as fears grow over recruitment shortfalls
Evidence has emerged that some higher education institutions may be falling markedly short on undergraduate recruitment for next year, with the University of Gloucestershire warning staff that it is...
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Keep up the good work: Willetts
Wilson response sees limited role for Whitehall in industry/academy links. Elizabeth Gibney reports
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Dame wants youth to seize the day abroad
The UK should be encouraging its youth to study for their degrees at overseas universities, according to a vice-chancellor.
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Do my antennae look big in this? Time for our close-up, humans
This close-up of a drain-dwelling moth fly was among the 16 winners of the Wellcome Image Awards 2012, presented on 20 June.
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Once-a-decade check might be unbalanced
QAA event hears Willetts question option for the frequency of reviews. Jack Grove reports
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Few Tweet successes as Generation Y fails to use blog-standard tools
'Neglected' PhD students ignorant of latest research formats, study finds. Elizabeth Gibney reports
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Doctor no more: Thai official finally loses title
A senior government official in Thailand has finally had his doctorate rescinded more than two years after a university investigation concluded that 80 per cent of his thesis on organic asparagus...
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Promotion of graduate premium is tantamount to 'mis-selling'
Elusive notion will mislead students and foul loan forecasts, experts hear. John Morgan writes
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News in brief
InternationalisationOverseas underwritingThe UK's universities and science minister has appealed to private investors to support British universities' overseas expansion while suggesting that the...
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Rock-solid way to sweeten proposal
Session at ESRC festival to reveal secrets of a successful grant application. Paul Jump reports
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Loughborough denies sleep unit is trapped in nightmare scenario
But professor claims Sleep Research Centre has been sidelined by REF strategy. Paul Jump reports
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Cure capitalism to make markets by the people, for the people
Academy called upon to help correct increasingly corrupt economic system. Matthew Reisz reports
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Greater value than money
Innovation oughtn't mean just profit-making technology - there is a subtler, social sort, explains Nick Petford