Today’s physics news: Thursday, 11 February

Stop funding Mickey Mouse degrees, says top scientist
 
Dr Richard Pike, chief executive of the Royal Society of Chemistry, said degrees in celebrity journalism, drama combined with waste management, and international football business management – all of which exist – should be “kicked into touch”.
The Guardian
The Telegraph 
 
Royal Institution investigated over lease of office space without legal permission

The Royal Institution, one of Britain’s most revered scientific institutions is being investigated by the Charity Commission after it emerged that it was leasing office space to a company run by its chairman without legal permission
The Guardian

Government attempt to repair relations with scientists ‘risk backfiring’
 
A government move to repair its relations with scientists after the dismissal of Professor David Nutt as the chief drugs adviser risks having the opposite effect, 40 leading researchers say.
The Times

Student tuition fees ‘should rise above £5,000′

Middle-class students should bear the brunt of a significant increase in the cost of going to university, ministers have been told.
The Telegraph
The Guardian
BBC News