So many aspirant doctors, so little time
EUA report uncovers global commonalities in PhD education. Elizabeth Gibney reports
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News in brief
A-level reformsOnce a year is enough, says sectorStudents in England will no longer be able to sit A-level exams in January, Ofqual has said. From September 2013, students starting their courses will...
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Knowledge transfer, innovation vouchers and sandwich courses: a ministerial recipe for growth
David Willetts has urged universities to redouble their efforts to boost knowledge transfer income from businesses despite a stagnant economy.
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'God particle' physicist and VCs recognised in honours list
One of the men who predicted the existence of the Higgs boson particle has been given the highest possible accolade in the New Year Honours list, released today.
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Student Review: Case Studies in Japanese Management
Editors: Parissa Haghirian and Philippe GagnonEdition: FirstPublisher: World ScientificPages: 316Price: ?41.00ISBN: 9789814340878To date, there are few English-language books that provide a detailed...
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Reconfiguring the landscape
Ireland＊s government expects consolidation to play a big role in creating a financially sustainable higher education system. As the sector pores over a new strategy document that will inform...
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Reconfiguring the landscape
Ireland＊s government expects consolidation to play a big role in creating a financially sustainable higher education system. As the sector pores over a new strategy document that will inform...
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Research intelligence - Government's go-to agency for growth seeds scholarly field
Technology Strategy Board aims to yield economic harvest with sector's help. Elizabeth Gibney reports
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Open to question
OERs are touted as the answer to all manner of global ills, but much work is needed before they fulfil the promise, writes Jeremy Knox
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Bruising but beneficial
The coalition's controversial higher education reforms are delivering a more progressive and sustainable system, argues Vince Cable
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Appointments
City University LondonCarl StychinThe new dean of City University London's law school said the job had become "more and more attractive" as he became convinced of the contribution it could make to...
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If those who pay the pipers call the tune, make the fact public
Universities must disclose scholars' financial conflicts of interest or the integrity of faculty opinion will be jeopardised, says Cary Nelson
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There and Back Again: J.R.R. Tolkien and the Origins of the Hobbit
Like the road in Bilbo Baggins' song, the Tolkien industry goes ever on. No self-respecting medievalist's pension plan is complete, it seems, without a "pop" book explaining how J.R.R. got it all...
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Candidates, follow our curriculum and prepare for global government
Billionaire-backed Oxford school takes leaf out of US book. David Matthews reports
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Campus round-up
University of SheffieldHow richly sums have decked theeFestive mathematics students have created a formula for the perfectly decorated Christmas tree. Members of the University of Sheffield's maths...