Particle-perfect
James Stirling relishes his return to research as he anticipates the dawn of a new golden era of particle physics
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Appointments
Peter Strike has taken up the post of deputy vice-chancellor for research and enterprise at Northumbria University. The geneticist and bioscientist joins from Napier University, where he was vice-...
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Middle-class altruism is not all it may seem
The academic who helped show how the better-off get more from comprehensive schools than the poor tells Melanie Newman of his experience of the class divide
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Bursting the God balloon
Science can say what caused an event to occur, but not what caused reality to be such that it did, Michael Bulley observes
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The kids aren't all write: functionally illiterate and frankly not bothered
Orientation classes for first-years offer a chilling insight into an entire cohort's lack of spelling and grammar skills, says a university lecturer
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A climate of trepidation
The humanities are told to embrace business agendas and climate change. Geoffrey Alderman is filled with dread at the implications
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Blind student accuses OU of discrimination
The Open University has been accused of discrimination by a blind student who claims his teaching materials were inaccessible.Douglas Hutchison, 56, has contacted the Equality and Human Rights...
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Love of learning lost in 'studying for jobs'
Anglia Ruskin head says 'Treasury-motivated' policy fosters instrumentalist view, writes Rebecca Attwood
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UK space policy holds out flicker of hope for human flight
A long-awaited government strategy on the UK's vision for space makes no commitment to human space flight, as had been hoped by many space scientists. But the strategy to 2012 does agree to a study...
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Low compliance with open-access rule criticised
Too few research papers are making it into the public domain, study finds. Zoe Corbyn reports.
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UK-India research projects win a bumper crop of cash
Academic collaboration between the two nations gets a multimillion-pound boost. John Gill reports
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Anti-immigration climate hits legitimate private colleges
Bogus institutions have led to a siege mentality over visas, says Lord Tomlinson. John Gill reports
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Back to drawing board for UCU restructuring
The University and College Union executive has rejected its general secretary's controversial plans for restructuring the union.In a meeting earlier this month, all but one member of the national...
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University forced to consult staff
Employees use law to compel Bournemouth to reveal financial details. Melanie Newman reports
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20 years ago
The fact that vice-chancellors were conducting their campaign against the Education Reform Bill from Australia, where they were attending the Commonwealth Universities Congress, did not escape the...