White Paper: rules may favour the humanities
New market's incentives may reduce expensive STEM provision, leaders warn. John Morgan writes
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Verdict on QAA reform: amateurish and daft
Plans to use satisfaction surveys to trigger reviews have raised eyebrows, writes Simon Baker
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Private concerns: BPP boss questions regulator's objectivity
For-profit institution voices doubts that Hefce will use proposed powers fairly. Simon Baker reports
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Information overload may give students even more cause for complaint
Proposals for universities to provide much more detailed information about course content, academic staff and student views could lead to a massive surge in complaints that will put pressure on the...
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Changes in future accrual rates may shrink public-sector pensions
The government has yet to take "the crucial step" in setting the value of public-sector pensions covering up to 200,000 staff in former polytechnics, according to an academic who advised a government...
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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