Queenâs Birthday Honours: two Sir Davids among HE knighthoods
The vice-chancellors of the universities of Nottingham and Birmingham have been knighted in the Queenâs Birthday Honours
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Students ârelying on payday loansâ to make ends meet
Tens of thousands of undergraduates are relying on payday loans or doorstop lending to fund their studies, a new survey suggests.
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National Teaching Fellows announced
UKâs only professor in education for deaf children among those winning fellowships
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THE podcast: 12-18 June 2014 issue review
Download the podcastWhat might independence mean for Scotlandâs universities? Would you be happy lecturing at 9pm? And why have complaints to the higher education sectorâs ombudsman fallen for the...
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Late shift proposed to beat squeeze on teaching space
Exeter staff bristle at proposed change to teaching timetable to include 9pm finish
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When the police call, researchers require backup
Shield laws could help protect confidential sources, but most vital is university support, say Ted Palys and John Lowman
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Tips for finishing your PhD thesis on time
Scholar SiĂąn Lindsayâs research on doctoral completion has yielded valuable insights and practical advice
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12 June 2014
Political choices - What might independence mean for Scotlandâs universities?
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Grant winners - 12 June 2014
Arts and Humanities Research CouncilAward winner: Andrew McRaeInstitution: University of ExeterValue: ÂŁ384,725A project looking at Michael Draytonâs 15,000-line topographical poem from the 17th...
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World in brief - 12 June 2014
United StatesNo guns on campus, say leadersUniversity leaders in the US overwhelmingly oppose the idea of allowing concealed firearms on campus, according to a survey of more than 400 college...
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News in brief - 12 June 2014
Disabled Studentsâ AllowanceBlunkett joins anti-cuts protestFormer home secretary David Blunkett has tabled an early day motion in Parliament to raise concerns over changes to the Disabled Studentsâ...
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Hostsâ hiccups
I imagine that all scholars have stories of talks from hell to match Tim Birkheadâs (âLost for wordsâ, Features, 29 May).An Italian university âcould notâ pay for flights up front, so I paid. On my...
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Natural advantages
Graham Gibbs argues for the validity of studentsâ instructional evaluations of their professors as measures of teaching quality âYou donât have to guess at whoâs doing wellâ, Teaching intelligence, 5...
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Digesting derecognition
Sir David Bell, vice-chancellor at the University of Reading, asserts that the decision to derecognise Unite and Unison and establish a staff forum was taken to address âa serious democratic deficit...
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Open access analysis
G. R. Evans raises some important questions in her letter about open access books (Letters, 29Â May). Happily, the survey that she mentions is just one small element of OAPEN-UK, a five-year research...