Deadlock breaks as RLUK announces new 鈥榖ig deal鈥 with Elsevier
Research libraries have reached a 鈥渘ew and improved鈥 deal with the journal publisher Elsevier that ends a four-month stand-off between the two.
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Scholars must provide proof of claim that history in the classroom is bunk
Historian calls for evidence, not scaremongering, to inform how subject is taught. Matthew Reisz writes
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Financial Sturm und Drang if German fees are jettisoned
President of top institution fears funding doldrums as student numbers skyrocket. Jack Grove reports
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Grant winners
JISCDigitisation and creation of Open Educational Resources (OER)鈥 Award winner: David Male鈥 Institution: The Open University鈥 Value: 拢101,078Histology and histopathology: virtual microscopy online鈥...
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City launches talent search in its bid to join the big time
Hiring spree aims to boost research performance to level of 1994 Group. Jack Grove reports
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UK deals mark new era in Colombian exchange
Agreements signed by Colombian and UK universities will herald a new era of academic cooperation between the nations, according to the president of the country.
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News in brief
AustraliaHealthy, but not that healthyThe representative body for Australian universities has accused the federal government of overstating the sector's financial health by including capital grants...
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The gift of tongues
Many state school pupils miss the chance to learn a foreign language. Universities must offer them the opportunity, insists Julia King
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Elite fear fall in applications will hit access effort
Elite research universities fear that their state school student numbers could decline as higher tuition fees are introduced, amid suggestions that applicants are increasingly choosing local...
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Sector must reject neoliberal business-speak, event hears
Academics have been "seduced" into using business-speak to defend higher education, according to leading scholars and politicians.
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Hefce official publicly rebukes CBI director
One of the English funding council's most senior officials publicly rebuked a business leader after she suggested that some universities were "perilously close" to being in financial trouble.
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Watchdog finds fault with Leeds Met validation
The Quality Assurance Agency has raised concerns about Leeds Metropolitan University's validation of degrees.
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'Research suffers if scientists are forced to marry for money'
Conference delegates bemoan funding system that breeds 'networks of mediocrity'. Paul Jump reports
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REF panellists must be absolutely clear: quality in the UK is not in decline
Research excellence framework panels must be sure to make absolute rather than relative judgements of submissions to avoid the impression that the quality of the UK research base is in decline, a pro...
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Class cancelled, there's a strike on
Pedagogy postponed as scholars and support staff join huge pension action. John Morgan writes