The cause of the lettori - the foreign lecturers in Italian universities who have long been campaigning for improved employment and pension rights - has received support from the highest levels of...
Mark Burnley is baffled by the decision not to tell academics how their work has been scored. How will improvement ever be possible?
Critics claim proposals could threaten autonomy and may lead to opt-outs. Simon Baker writes
University employers say that the UK sector's £30 billion pension fund is performing better than expected - proof that "draconian" cuts to benefits were not needed, a union has claimed.
A head of school at a Russell Group university emailed academics urging them to be "VERY generous" when assessing postgraduate applications, warning them that they "simply cannot afford to be very...
Tensions mount as Michael Russell affirms multi-pronged reform agenda. David Matthews writes
Education expert locks horns with HEA chief over need to train academics to teach. John Gill reports
New questions have been raised about the process for granting taught degree-awarding powers to commercial companies after a US for-profit bought a UK provider and promised to pay a further £4 million...
Concerns grow that framework programme is ignoring humanities research. Paul Jump writes
1994 Group fears proposed changes to teacher training could be devastating, reports Jack Grove
Queen's University Belfast plans to shed about 200 jobs as part of a £28 million "efficiency saving" in Northern Ireland's higher education sector.
Academics have been urged to stop "cheating" students and commit to a truly honest relationship.Kyra Gaunt-Palmer, associate professor of anthropology and black studies at Baruch College at the City...
Intellectual propertyBeware of blunt instrumentsChanges in copyright law to allow unfettered data mining are an "unwarranted blunt instrument which will undermine UK publishing", it has been claimed...
NATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE REPLACEMENT, REFINEMENT AND REDUCTION OF ANIMALS IN RESEARCH - NC3RS3Rs Research Funding Scheme• Award winner: Bertrand Collet• Institution: Marine Scotland Science• Value: £...
As Post-Modernism's star wanes, Andrew Thacker observes, a diverse, multivalent Modernism is drawing fresh scholarly attention