Open to question
OERs are touted as the answer to all manner of global ills, but much work is needed before they fulfil the promise, writes Jeremy Knox
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Appointments
City University LondonCarl StychinThe new dean of City University London's law school said the job had become "more and more attractive" as he became convinced of the contribution it could make to...
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Grant winners
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHHealth Technology Assessment programme• Award winner: Chris Hollis• Institution: University of Nottingham• Value: £188,092Clinical effectiveness and patient...
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Rand: reform R&D to revivify Hellenic economy
The Greek research system should be overhauled to help boost economic growth, a government-commissioned review has found, as the state-reliant sector faces a squeeze in the nation's debt meltdown.
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Scots explore foreign ideas for industry initiative
Academics and industrialists are joining together in a bid to make Scotland a European leader in commercialising research in science and technology. Both sectors have given broad support to a draft...
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UCL and Imperial partner with Intel to create research institute
Imperial College London, University College London and the computer firm Intel have launched a research institute they hope will help to shape the way cities work in the future.
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Bayrou promises to include all views at launch of strategy talks
Talks on the future of the university system have got under way at the French education ministry, where all representative bodies, unions, committees and associations have been invited to help draw...
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Reconfiguring the landscape
Ireland’s government expects consolidation to play a big role in creating a financially sustainable higher education system. As the sector pores over a new strategy document that will inform...
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Reconfiguring the landscape
Ireland’s government expects consolidation to play a big role in creating a financially sustainable higher education system. As the sector pores over a new strategy document that will inform...
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News in brief
United StatesDecimation isn't the half of itA university in West Virginia has announced that it will cut its workforce by 50 per cent. Mountain State University officials made the announcement last...
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Campus round-up
Source: AlamyLet’s stay together - take the bins outDid you wake up this Valentine’s Day morning to a dozen red roses and breakfast in bed? If not, don’t worry: romantic gestures are not that...
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Greater value than money
Innovation oughtn't mean just profit-making technology - there is a subtler, social sort, explains Nick Petford
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'Consumer' right? No, it's the wrong analogy
After two decades of exposure to the managerial mantra "the student is a consumer", I was intrigued to see the Times Higher Education headline "A bad deal for 'consumers'" (17 November), particularly...
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Appointments
Royal Welsh College of Music and DramaSimon JonesThe Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama has appointed Simon Jones acting head of strings. The promotion of Dr Jones, currently head of the college'...
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Aim for the stars in science - but don't ask for more money
David Willetts has set out proposals for major multi-national corporations to join forces with a foreign or British university and establish new graduate-only research institutions in the UK.