'Agenda for change' aims to combat feedback myths
Lobby group calls for a 'fundamental rethink' of student assessment. Rebecca Attwood reports
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The unexpected cost of low inflation: research councils will cut grants
Researchers are to be hit in the pocket after the UK research councils announced that they will claw back about £10 million from around 3,000 existing grants.The awards are being trimmed...
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No place for hip hop in art school
Study detects bias against working-class and ethnic-minority students. Melanie Newman writes
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Winner praises Nobel-laureate factory's culture
The 14th Nobel prize for a scientist based at a famous British laboratory has been hailed as proof of the benefits of cultivating a culture that fosters curiosity-driven research.The Medical Research...
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Rethink impact plans, think-tank tells Hefce
Hepi criticises the REF's 'untested' procedure and plans to cut subject panels. Zoë Corbyn writes
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SLC faces more flak as travel and consultancy expenditure is exposed
Spending comes to light as students still wait for loans to be processed. Melanie Newman reports
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UCU rejects pay offer and calls for further talks
The University and College Union has rejected employers' 0.5 per cent pay offer for 2009-10.The union's higher education committee voted to reject the offer on 9 October.Two other unions, Unite and...
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Hefce leader dismisses fear of end of blue-skies work
But most academics now describe their research as applied or 'user-inspired'. Hannah Fearn writes
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Greenwich and Leeds Met given 'limited confidence' ratings by QAA
Watchdog criticises monitoring of standards at the two institutions. Melanie Newman reports
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Philosophy - think about it, it's fun and it's for everyone
Warwick academic set to promote the application of ethics in everyday life. Matthew Reisz reports
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Super Russell and the quest for first principles
It must have been a tough idea to sell to a publisher: a graphic novel about Bertrand Russell's "quest for the foundations of mathematics".The philosopher and mathematician, probably the best-known...
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No resistance to the pen-pushers
'Supine' academy blamed for not fighting rise in 'disastrous' bureaucracy. Melanie Newman writes
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News in brief
MergersScience bodies join forcesThe Institute of Biology and the Biosciences Federation have united to form the Society of Biology after members voted overwhelmingly in favour of the move. It is...
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Nurturing critical minds
Lecturers must do more than lecture, argues Mary Malcolm: they must develop students' intellectual-inquiry skills
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Individual and national success demands one path to higher skills
To meet future challenges, we need a single knowledge infrastructure incorporating higher and further education, says Lord Mandelson