Table plots who offers the most for students' fees
Hertfordshire rates itself highly on a graph showing the best-value institutions. Jack Grove reports

Hertfordshire rates itself highly on a graph showing the best-value institutions. Jack Grove reports
The closure of the Natural Environment Research Council's small grants scheme could reduce its overall applications-to-awards success rate, the council has admitted.

Annual survey shows future low-cost institutions scoring well against the £9K set. Jack Grove writes

Swelling ranks of non-academic staff decried by US political scientist. David Matthews reports

Scenes of riots and looting beamed around the world last week could affect the recruitment of overseas students to UK universities, experts have said.
US government suit over company's use of federal funds rekindles row in UK. Sarah Cunnane reports
A college principal has called on the government to exempt specialist drama and music providers from proposals to open up competition for top A-level students, arguing that the plans have no...
Engineering and physical sciencesMechanical failureMechanical engineers need to be more involved in solving societal grand challenges such as renewable energy, a report has concluded. The Engineering...
Academics are turning to Facebook and Twitter as outlets for frustration. Sarah Cunnane reports
David Starkey's comment that Jamaican patois drove last week's riots reveal a shockingly profound ignorance, argues Geoffrey K. Pullum

A new 'academy' is setting out to 'liberate' Londoners - and teach them Latin and butchery along the way. Matthew Reisz stops by
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Doreen Tomelty, our Deputy Director of Advanced Technological Retrieval Systems (formerly Assistant Librarian), has warmly welcomed the interview with a journal publishers' spokesman published in...
In our confusion about what we want out of students, we too easily denigrate their genuine accomplishments

Now is the time to improve and expand facilities, Sheffield faculty head tells Paul Jump