Last of the free: will Norway's universal no-fee policy endure?
Conservatives are keen to follow Swedish, Danish lead in charging non-EU students. Jack Grove writes
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Teaching intelligence - Forward march with standards held high
Supporting reconstruction in Iraq drove home the value of teaching, an HEA Fellow tells Jack Grove
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Grant winners
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCHHealth Services Research (NIHR HSR) programme• Award winner: Paul Roderick• Institution: University of Southampton• Value: £360,490A national study of practice...
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A league apart
University rankings are inapplicable to the developing world and risk doing damage there, argues Adam Habib
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A footnote - Far from it, publishers are key in advancing scholarship
Journal owners want academics to work with them towards the shared goal of furthering and disseminating research, says Graham Taylor
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The madness of kings
The longer one wears the crown, the more tyrannical he becomes - a senior academic offers a theory of vice-chancellors' behaviour
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Plug in - but tune in, too
An iPad or Kindle does not magically improve education, says Cathy Davidson
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Universities could be in private hands 'in six months'
Mooted change in legal status may allow investors to obtain degree-awarding powers. John Morgan writes
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Researcher faces misconduct probe
Suspended academic launches own investigation and decries 'smear campaign'. Paul Jump reports
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Discontinue impact line or good science will count cost
Lord Sainsbury tells Simon Baker that the coalition is failing to learn from Labour's policy mistakes
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Pension action plans threaten NUS-UCU alliance
The National Union of Students has warned lecturers that student support for industrial action over pensions could be withdrawn.
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Monographs finally join citations database
The use of bibliometric data to assess humanities scholars could become more widespread with the launch of a citation index of academic books.
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Stock plagiarism penalties don't always fit the crime
Scholars identify weaknesses in a proposed sector-wide 'reference tariff'. Jack Grove reports
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Save the world - but nick a bit of it for yourself
If you have ever felt the urge to mug an old lady after buying a package of eco-friendly soap powder, you may not be alone.According to social science publisher Sage's most downloaded article of 2009...
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Wales says it is the victim of a conspiracy
BBC and v-cs have run a 'coordinated series of attacks', university claims. David Matthews writes