On the origin of sharing and its role in Tory view of a fairer society
David Willetts wants a debate on the evolutionary role of co-operation. Melanie Newman reports
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Love could be the death of women's life in research
UUK says mobility requirements can force female scientists to quit careers for family. John Gill writes
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Original features
Although less well known than its namesake in Cambridge, the chapel of King's College London is a Grade I listed building designed by the eminent Victorian architect George Gilbert Scott.It was...
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Muffins hold the key to victory
Rebecca Attwood hears about student union campaigns that have scored notable successes
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20 years ago
Next week, the Treasury will be told the full extent of a multimillion-pound deficit that universities claim has been caused by its moving the goalposts. The University Grants Committee (UGC) has...
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News in brief
ScotlandTime to talk about top-up feesTop-up fees could be about to become an attractive idea for Scotland, according to one of the country's education chiefs. David Caldwell, director of...
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High time for co-operation
In a turbulent year, says Bill Wakeham, academic unions should join forces with institutions to survive the downturn
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It is monstrously wrong that patients cannot ask for euthanasia
Soran Reader, a moral philosopher facing the prospect of losing her life, memory or thought, is outraged that the law bars living wills
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Reviewers raise concerns about RAE gameplaying
Reports expose attempts to inflate ratings by selective submission, writes Melanie Newman
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There is improvement across the board - but also some disturbing findings
- While scholarship in law is "in a healthy state", the RAE panel responsible for law warns that "the outputs we assessed as below the standard of nationally recognised quality" are "more than we...
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Keep peer input in REF, urge panels
Experts warn that metrics must not be at the core of future research assessment. John Gill reports
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The week in higher education
David Lammy must be wishing he had turned down the invitation to appear on TV quiz Celebrity Mastermind. The Higher Education Minister was dubbed "Lamentable Lammy" after coming last in the...
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Academics fear PhD quality is slipping
Staff say that pressures to get more students through quickly are harming standards. Phil Baty reports
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A 'taboo' topic is aired on the web
In dispatches from the front line, readers weigh in on the problems plaguing PhDs, writes John Gill
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Staff are more settled as sector salaries improve
Almost a fifth of universities say that the low turnover of staff in the sector was a problem in 2007-08, a joint report from the Universities and Colleges Employers Association, Universities UK and...