Overseas briefing
IndiaInnovation is key, summit told"Innovate or perish" was the tough message to higher education institutions at a summit held in Bangalore recently. R. Natarajan, former chairman of the All India...
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Presidential hopefuls agree on need to simplify tuition aid
Neither McCain or Obama can afford to ignore the concern about university costs, says Jon Marcus
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In with the new
Former NUS president Gemma Tumelty remains focused on modern universities with a public affairs role at Million+
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Appointments
A former adviser to the World Health Organisation, Don Nutbeam, has been appointed vice-chancellor of the University of Southampton. Currently academic provost at the University of Sydney, he will...
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Blond vision of a just society has the Tories swooning
An Anglican academic is urging the party to discard the Thatcher legacy, writes Melanie Newman
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World beaters: but what makes these universities special?
World University Rankings 2008: find out who are the world's top 200.
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'Ignorant': science chief hits out at UK students
Scottish Supa alliance aims to bring new breadth to postgraduate research. Olga Wojtas reports
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UK physics strong, but funding still vulnerable
The broadly positive findings of a review of physics in the UK have been welcomed by the sector, along with its warnings about low interest among schoolchildren.The "Review of UK Physics", which was...
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City v-c: students, not businesses, are privatising our universities
Industry must raise its game to outdo fee-paying generation in financial clout, writes John Gill
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Scottish funding reforms could hit sector's autonomy
Proposals risk compromising academic freedom, institutions tell task force. Olga Wojtas reports
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Original features
New College, Oxford, may now be home to that pugnacious atheist Richard Dawkins, but it was founded by the Bishop of Winchester, William of Wykeham, in 1379 specifically to offer up prayers for his...
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Peer review fails to block copycat
Open University assignment based on plagiarised paper, says MSc student. Melanie Newman reports
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20 years ago
University departments guilty of consistently poor teaching may be publicly identified, the head of the academic standards unit set up by vice-chancellors has warned. Professor Stewart Sutherland,...
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News in brief
Assessment practices in FEKeep students informed, says QAAThe Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) has warned further education colleges delivering higher education courses that they must ensure that...
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Spinning dreams into reality
Two new Royal Society funds aim to help science's entrepreneurs as well as its visionaries. Zoe Corbyn reports