UK nuclear cuts could do lasting damage
STFC commits to explore options to ameliorate long-term effects of reductions. Paul Jump reports
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Academic conductors needed on the syllabuses
Scholar echoes Cambridge Assessment's call for A-level intervention. Paul Jump reports
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News in brief
Medical trainingShort-term regimen for fees painThe government has announced temporary measures for medical students who had feared they would have to pay up front to meet increases to tuition fees...
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Manchester pronounces husband and wife innocent of misconduct
Institution rejects 'malicious' allegations, but accuser is puzzled. Paul Jump reports
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The people below stairs
We should not be so dismissive of back-office staff, for not only are they vital to the academy, they are human, Paul Greatrix says
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Diary
GatesheadMaurizio AnzeriThe Italian-born, London-based artist Maurizio Anzeri works with an unusual combination of found photographs and embroidery. For this exhibition at the Baltic Centre for...
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The Pick - Art & Science: Merging Art & Science to Make a Revolutionary New Art Movement
Credit: Graham Baring/Image courtesy of GV Art & the ArtistArt & Science: Merging Art & Science to Make a Revolutionary New Art MovementGV Art, LondonDavide Angheleddu's corroded bronze...
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'Squeeze me - I like it'
Fears that the changes announced in the government White Paper on higher education might lead to Poppleton becoming the most squeezed university in England have been dismissed by our vice-chancellor....
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Leader: Look out for that pig in the road
Ministers devising education policy are more in need of L-plates than the students they would put in the driving seat
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Research intelligence - New journal, all-new rules
Practising scientists will edit an open-access title backed by three major research funders. Paul Jump reports
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Named and shamed: high US study costs exposed
New government website lists comparative data, but careful interpretation is needed, writes Jon Marcus
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Off Piste - A Connecticut Yankee in King Alan's court
Thom Brooks is living the American Dream, not in the US itself but among the Geordies. And unlike Mark Twain's Connecticut Yankee, coming to the UK feels like a journey to the future, not the past...
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The week in higher education
• Government ministers have long argued that student loans do not constitute debt in the usual sense because they are paid off only by graduates earning good salaries. But the message seems not to...
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From where I sit - Digging deep to survive terrorism
Terrorism is threatening not only individuals in Pakistan but also their cultural heritage, by making life impossible for those trying to develop its rich archaeological resources.Archaeologists'...
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Appointments
University of HullBernard BinksA professor of physical chemistry at the University of Hull has won a prestigious European prize for his work with nanoparticles. Bernard Binks, who was awarded the...