Creativity in a rural idyll will 'benefit from global focus'
Bath Spa's new vice-chancellor plans to expand through internationalisation. Simon Baker reports
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UCU in turmoil as its Left wing looks to make bid for control
Executive is split over support for fees protest, while officers threaten to strike, John Morgan writes
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Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can't Explain the Modern World
Until the 19th century, the average person consumed $3 per day (in today's prices). There were small blips for ancient Rome, the early medieval Arab world and late medieval Europe, but otherwise the...
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News in brief
Medical trainingShort-term regimen for fees painThe government has announced temporary measures for medical students who had feared they would have to pay up front to meet increases to tuition fees...
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UK offers openness and quality assurance, but access remains a problem
A wide-ranging analysis that attempts to measure and rank aspects of national higher education systems suggests that the UK academy is one of the most "open" in the world and has among the best...
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Dundee tops THE Student Experience Survey as fees put focus on 'value for money'
Many universities are improving the experience for their students, as our survey shows. And they are achieving it by making the effort to understand their students’ particular needs. Zoë Corbyn...
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The new new thing
MIT's Media Lab, long renowned for a 'Wild West' research culture that invents the future, has lost some of its cutting edge. Can a new director restore it to its creative zenith? asks Zoë Corbyn
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Chemistry roundup
Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics for EngineersAuthors: S. Kjelstrup, D. Bedeaux, E. Johannessen and J. GrossEdition: FirstPublisher: World Scientific PressPages: 2Price: £42.00ISBN 9789814322157The...
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Biotechnology: Progress In Implementing the Strategy and Road Map  Council Conclusions (Extract from the Provisional Minutes of the Competitiveness Council of 22 Sep.)
Brussels, 22 Sep 2003 "Council conclusions on "Life sciences and Biotechnology ­ a Strategy for Europe" 18 THE COUNCIL: 1. Recalling comprehensive and responsible development of biotechnology...
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Research intelligence: Feeding of the nine billion needs science, not miracles
A collaborative strategy will prioritise research into how to feed an expanding population. Neha Popat reports
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Offence is the best defence
As the UK looks to private companies to stimulate competition, the US for-profit universities are taking on their critics. Jon Marcus reports
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'Triple miracle' sees huge rise in EU funds for frontier research
Investment in innovation viewed as Europe's route to sustainable growth and jobs. Jack Grove reports
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Campus round-up
University of KentDoctoral study of crime paysA university has received almost 80 applications for a three-year doctoral programme in cultural and global criminology, which is being supported by...
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Research Commissioner Janez POTOCNIK: Technology Platforms: champions to leverage knowledge for growth Seminar of Industrial Leaders of Technology Platforms (link)
Brussels, 15 December 2004 I am pleased to welcome you to this seminar today. As new Commissioner for Research, it gives me great pleasure to have the opportunity to address this first-ever gathering...
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Full speed ahead for new degrees to suit business
Tailor-made courses to fill local skills gaps will also bring in much-needed cash. Hannah Fearn reports