Softly, softly is the way to defuse the madding crowd
The gentle touch is best when policing the masses, a UK academic has found. Melanie Newman reports
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Kin beyond our ken?
Bill George on data supplied by the Hubble Telescope and the implications for what may be found on extra-solar planets
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To remain competitive, we must play to our strengths in research
The UK's elite universities help industry and wider society to prosper. They need to be funded appropriately, argues Roy Anderson
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The week in higher education
A historian has claimed that the Kremlin may be behind a decision by a Russian publishing house to ditch his latest book, about life under Joseph Stalin.The publisher, Atticus, insisted it made a...
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Russell Group counts the cost as allocations slash the funding available per researcher
Amount for elite staff cut by £6,000, ÌÇÐÄVlog analysis shows. Zoë Corbyn reports
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It's clearly a place of excellence, but is it a pocket or an island?
When a large number of departments in teaching-led universities were discovered by the 2008 research assessment exercise to be producing world-class work, a new phrase quickly entered the higher...
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'Super panels' let arts off easy
Hefce board member says science subjects were held to higher standards, writes Zoë Corbyn
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MPs call for 'toothless' watchdog to be put down
QAA defends its reputation as select committee openly doubts its influence, writes Rebecca Attwood
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Rose-tinted spectacles come off ..
Rose-tinted spectacles come off as MPs hear about plagues of plagiarism and faulty washing machinesChairman Phil Willis began the latest session of the Parliamentary inquiry into university standards...
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Lib Dems declare their opposition to higher education expansion
Government's 50 per cent participation target criticised as 'simplistic'. Melanie Newman reports
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Colleges claim FE students lose out on places
Universities should be "compelled" to form partnerships with local further education colleges to ensure that the latter's students get a fair chance to enrol on their degree courses, MPs have heard....
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Liverpool may drop subjects ranked below 4* in RAE
Departments without 'world-leading' work face closure, says memo. Melanie Newman reports
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MBA exchange programme standards queried
A top business school has had a ticking-off from the university quality watchdog.In an audit at the London Business School, the Quality Assurance Agency said it could place only "limited confidence"...
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Petition calls for sacking of lecturer named on leaked BNP members' list
Birmingham Conservatoire academic denies links to 'extreme groups'. Melanie Newman writes
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RCA to shoulder costs as student case casts light on ELQ cuts' impact
Undergraduate faced overseas fees for masters until rector's intervention. Rebecca Attwood reports