Drop in public funding blamed for rankings fall
Australian universities say financial constraints are cause of declining performance, writes John Gill
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Australian students get remedial language help
Confronted with a generation of students lacking even a basic understanding of grammar and punctuation, an Australian university has introduced a remedial course to teach first years "language...
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Science takes pole position
New minister Lord Drayson has a Cabinet seat and a drive to champion research. Zoe Corbyn reportsPaul Drayson, the new Science Minister, has sought to quell any fears academics may have that his own...
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Grant winners
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCILAward winner: Malcolm ValeInstitution: University of OxfordValue: 拢721,073The Gascon Rolls 1317-1468Award winner: James HegartyInstitution: Cardiff UniversityValue...
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The curse of sleep
Gary Day learns narcoleptics can't sleep at night, quiz genii are insufferable and ministers clearly evasive
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Fool's paradise by the dashboard light
The click-and-copy culture of 鈥渇ast capitalism鈥 breeds credulity. Tara Brabazon on educators鈥 duty to unsettle, probe and offer alternatives
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Employment tribunal trends and disclosure of parties鈥 identities
A report recently published by Acas, the advisory, conciliation and arbitration service, offers a fascinating insight into trends in the employment tribunal. Tribunal trends Acas has recently...
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Journal rankings in clinical medicine 1998-2008, based on citations per paper
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 1998-30 June 2008
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A special relationship
Based on peer regard and impact, Anglophone institutions dominate the social sciences and arts
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Fight or flight
Universities tried to stop further education colleges gaining the power to award foundation degrees. Hannah Fearn reports on the tension between the two sectors and asks whether their formerly close...
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A respect for marks
Looking back on her lifelong love of teaching, Sally Brown believes that well-designed assessment is one of pedagogy's greatest tools
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Sex, politics and a quality imagination
Renowned feminist writer Sheila Rowbotham talks to Matthew Reisz about writing from her own experience and imagining what it is like to be inside a homosexual man's body
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Reluctant Refuge: The Story of Asylum in Britain
In Reluctant Refuge, Edie Friedman and Reva Klein seek to provide an argument, accessible to the general populace, for an end to the dehumanisation of refugees and the negative rhetoric about asylum...
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Eternal Chalice: The Enduring Legend of the Holy Grail
This is an informative book on a difficult topic. It deals first with the original European sources of the Grail story from Chretien of Troyes to Malory, discussing the gradual layering of the...