V-c: scholars should lighten the administrative burden
Greenwich head's suggestion is dismissed by union as 'ridiculous'. John Morgan reports
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London's young researchers lose dedicated fund
A £343,000 annual research fund that has been running for more than 70 years and specifically supports young researchers is to be scrapped by the University of London.The decision is seen in some...
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Thousands of academics call for impact to be axed
Widespread support for REF changes as heads favour 20 per cent figure. Zoë Corbyn reports
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Lord Drayson defends REF's principles
Travelling by train to a Cabinet meeting the morning after a Times Higher Education-sponsored debate on the future of blue-skies research, Lord Drayson, the Science Minister, reported on Twitter that...
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Weightings and measures: British academy wants shallower impact
The national academy for the humanities and social sciences has called for a 10 per cent reduction in the research excellence framework's impact weighting, cautioning that the current figure is too...
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Funding cuts create staff and course turmoil
The vice-chancellor of the University of Leeds refused to rule out compulsory redundancies or course closures during a live webcast that crashed under the weight of numbers accessing it.Michael...
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Second union backs 0.5% pay increase
Negotiations with employers also produce 'digest' on avoiding redundancies. John Morgan writes
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Would-be students not getting the message about bursaries
Information often comes too late to influence the choice of where to study. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Assembly sets out Wales' spending priorities
The Welsh Assembly Government is to overhaul the way it spends its £450 million annual budget for higher education.The strategy, announced last week by Jane Hutt, Minister for Education, includes...
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Daytime TV: Of loss and longing
No one on The X Factor compares to Gracie Fields, who brought her art to millions, says Gary Day
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Top ten chemists
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, January 1999-June 2009
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'Why not choose a happier subject?'
Sorcha Gunne and Zoë Brigley Thompson explain that they study rape and its narratives to understand and demythologise a difficult and unpleasant subject. But such is the taboo, it's tough to discuss...
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Poetry cornered
Goodbye, sweet Calliope, farewell Erato? In a consumerist world where speed and image rule, poetry's emotional meanings are being lost. Neil McBride muses, partly through verse, on the future of this...
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The French disconnection
Bruno Cousin and Michèle Lamont say academics at France's public universities need to rethink their strategy after this year's protests alienated the public and had little impact on the Government
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3 December 2009
Ruffled feathers - French universities and reform