Union 'incensed' by staff research profiles
The University of Manchester is drawing up staff "research profiles", under which academics are given a score of between one and four for their research performance.The rating will be decided by...
The University of Manchester is drawing up staff "research profiles", under which academics are given a score of between one and four for their research performance.The rating will be decided by...
An academic is wanted by police after being found guilty of harassing the vice-chancellor of Kingston University.

Thomson Reuters starts to build global resource of 'unprecedented sophistication'. Phil Baty reports
UCU poll finds Government's agenda has scholars thinking of a career abroad. Zoë Corbyn reports
Doctoral training - Three centres to do the mathsThe Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has announced a £13 million investment to fund three Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs). The...
Gary Day remains unenlightened about the Turin Shroud, and finds Cupid's arrow wide of the mark
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 1999-31 August 2009

Many in the humanities feel that their disciplines and relevance are under attack. Matthew Reisz asks if 'the best that has been thought and said' still has a place in today's universities
Cheerless and drab but 'full of amazing stuff'. The British Library Newspapers collection at Colindale is moving and also becoming increasingly digitised. Huw Richards wonders if researchers will...

Beyond measure? - Fears for humanities’ future in an impact-driven academy

Thomson Reuters begins building ‘unprecedented’ database that will inform THE’s World University Rankings. Phil Baty reports

The thought of becoming a public intellectual has many attractions but plenty of downsides, too
UCU demands that university rules out compulsory redundancies in cost-cutting plan. John Morgan reports

Even as he prepares to investigate the time the alleged Detroit bomber spent at UCL, Malcolm Grant argues that intellectual freedom on campus cannot be compromised

Martin McQuillan applauds an outsider's appraisal of the giant of deconstruction