Tiny departmental steps to cutting costs without the axe's dread fall
Business technique reduces spending and boosts efficiency, advocates claim. Hannah Fearn writes
Business technique reduces spending and boosts efficiency, advocates claim. Hannah Fearn writes

Seventh annual survey draws on robust new methodology and 13 performance indicators. Phil Baty reports
Stephen Cowley and Susan Cooper hope employers do not see pension reform solely as a cost-cutting opportunity
At last a work that unpacks the reality of US rural poverty, writes Rebekah Peeples Massengill

The first months at university are critical for a happy student experience. Indeed, so crucial are they that they are arguably a key focus of QAA reviews. Sarah Cunnane reports

Budget restrictions mean the EPSRC has to prioritise, its chief tells Paul Jump
Taxpayers' money should be used to stimulate innovation rather than bailing out dying industries, according to a Kingston University report for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. An...
By mixing independence and collaboration, a new centre expects to find novel ways of coping with climate change. Neha Popat reports

For decades the science of child-rearing was guided by patriarchal ideas, but now the cradle rocks to an older rhythm. Eric Michael Johnson, in conversation with eminent evolutionary biologists Sarah...

Now is a fertile time to be conducting research among the proliferating forms of social media, writes Tara Brabazon
University of SheffieldMexican wave reaches YorkshireA university has signed an agreement with Mexico's national science body to promote joint industrial research. The University of Sheffield's...

The soul’s yearning to find its psychological or physical other half unites two of Shakespeare’s early plays, says Peter J. Smith
Bruxelles, le 6 juillet 2004 Bienvenue et merci aux participants, en particulier Mr Jan Dopper (CEFIC Research and Science Board) Dr. Stefan Marcinowski (BASF Managing Board) Dr. Jo van Hemelrijck (...

Science affects everyone on the planet, so how and to what extent should the public help set its agenda? Jon Turney looks to the notion of vox populi research for some ideas

The MRC's head knows it must deliver impact, but he tells Paul Jump that he's equally aware of the need to help the best ideas germinate