The only way was up
Flawed policy levers forced Salford to charge £9K fees to retain its widening participation aims, Martin Hall argues
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They've invited me to present my papers, and this time it's personal
The examiner examined: Martin Cortazzi on the day a UK university asked him, rather apologetically, to show them his passport
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From here to posterity
Queen Mary can best serve its local community via the pursuit of global excellence, Simon Gaskell tells critics of recent 'restructures'
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So long UK, thanks for all the loans: we'll be in touch...
EU students' arrears figure provokes Tory ire as fears grow over repayment plans. John Morgan reports
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Midlands bloc hopes for safety in numbers as resources battle intensifies
Five Midlands universities have come together to form a regional bloc of institutions aimed at maximising research income.
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Well versed in business
Scholar offers entrepreneurs insights inspired by Wordsworth's poetry. Matthew Reisz reports
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Post-1992s give sector an object lesson in instruction
But HEA awards also point to rising focus on good teaching at older universities. Jack Grove reports
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Cardiff dean's laboratory under investigation once again after fresh misconduct allegations
Cardiff University is to investigate multiple fresh allegations of research misconduct relating to papers produced in the laboratory of its dean of medicine.
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£7m donation for research close to Leicester's heart
A record £7 million donation to the University of Leicester will see the institution double its fundraising for the fourth year in a row since setting up a development office.
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Nerc: no clouds on blue-skies horizons
Council defends decision to withdraw a third of its PhD project studentships. Paul Jump reports
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Ernst decries firms' large dose of cash for pro-homeopathy website
Paul Jump on scientist's undiluted zeal for probing alternative 'cures' despite lack of Exeter successor
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US turns drama study into a crisis
Elizabeth Gibney on new loan restrictions affecting Americans attending renowned UK conservatoires
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News in brief
Olympic legacyFrom no dope to medical hopeThe anti-doping facilities serving the London 2012 Games will become a research centre for personalised medicine. The MRC-NIHR Phenome Centre will rapidly...
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Nobody likes us!
In an unusually frank press release, our Deputy Director of Logo Development, Roger Placement, has declared that our university is "not at all bothered" by the news that it has failed to gain one of...
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Gold access, the destroyer of worlds (1 of 3)
Salvatore Babones makes some important points in his heartfelt polemic against pay-to-publish open-access journals ("High-maintenance model", Opinions, 26 July), acknowledging that only the elite...