MPs decry government influence on budgets
An influential committee of backbench MPs has criticised the Government for "interfering" unduly in how the seven UK research councils spend their money.In a wide-ranging report on the research...
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AHRC to rethink project funding
Chief executive Philip Esler to advise a refocusing on collaborative research. Zoe Corbyn reports
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Leitch: skills agenda is not 'utilitarian'
Demand-led provision is flexible, not 'Benthamite', review leader tells MPs. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Shadow minister accuses Government of myopia
The Government's "short-sighted and blinkered" approach to widening access explains its failure to improve university participation among the working classes, the Conservative Shadow Minister for...
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Into founder says his private capital supports public work
'Old-school Blairite' defends company's English-language courses. Melanie Newman reports
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Skills training is gaining ground
More work placements are making graduates more employable, says QAA. Rebecca Attwood reports
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20 years ago
Debt collectors may not be the most popular people in the world but those employed to gather in delinquent loan repayments from American students seem to be happy in their work. Last week, the latest...
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News in brief
International studentsLondon tops destination listLondon is still the number one choice for international students, according to an organisation representing the city's universities. It hosted 89,955...
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Writing by backlight
Tara Brabazon challenges her students to break from their reliance on Google and read Poulantzas in the original
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Hot papers in agricultural and food sciences 2006-07
Data from Thomson Scientific’s Essential Science Indicators
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Discrimination by association
I am updating my institution’s equality and diversity policy, and I have seen references in the news to the term “discrimination by association”. What does this mean and does it apply to us? “...
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'Teaching' to be Abolished
Our new Director of Curriculum Development, Janet Fluellen, announced this week that she was giving serious thought to the idea of abandoning teaching at Poppleton.She explained to our reporter Keith...
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6.40am - special delivery
Kevin Fong treasures the scary euphoria of an unexpected home birth
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Guest leader: Intellectual sneering is no joke
The low opinion academics have of the public will not change until scholars open themselves up to debate, says Dennis Hayes