The week in higher education
He has demonstrated a fondness for luxury in the past - not least on summer holidays in Corfu - but now it has emerged that Lord Mandelson also has very expensive taste in watches. The First...
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UK boosts standing but Asian countries 'snap at our heels'
US dominance slips, UK improves position but China and Korea close the gap, writes Phil Baty
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Conservatives may scrap potential-impact terms
Shadow secretary rejects 'clunky business' of pre-defined research outputs. Melanie Newman writes
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Britons place little impotence on good spelling
The claim that British students are sloppier in their use of English than their international counterparts provoked a lively response from online readers of Times Higher Education.A study by Bernard...
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Publisher drops claim of plagiarism
Academic is thought to have threatened legal action over accusations, writes Zoë Corbyn
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Four in ten top scholars educated privately
Sutton Trust highlights domination of sector and calls for change. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Students' rosy outlook blamed as two thirds shun university careers advice
Hindsight may be a wonderful thing, but for the Class of 2009, more forethought would have stood them in better stead post-graduation, according to new research.The Futuretrack study run by the...
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Scots' fears over banding shake-up
Science and the arts benefit but IT and education miss out in proposed system, writes Hannah Fearn
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QAA head's parting shot at MPs' 'Spanish Inquisition'
Outgoing chief tells Rebecca Attwood about rude committees and the need for autonomy
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Five-year grants? Try 12 months
Physicists lament as financial woes see STFC temporarily cut funding lengths. Zoë Corbyn writes
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News in brief
WalesFunding diktats on the tableThe Higher Education Funding Council for Wales is consulting on plans to dictate where more of universities' funding is spent. The consultation, which will end on 6...
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Completion data error 'was just a misunderstanding'
V-c facing £3.5m clawback insists Wolverhampton correctly reported figures, writes Melanie Newman
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Original features
Although the University of Portsmouth has had a single, purpose-built library since 1976, which was extended in 1988, changing technology and huge expansion in student numbers have left it unsuitable...
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It could be you, but getting an offer is merely a lottery
Universities should say merit plays no part in getting a place, professor argues. Melanie Newman reports
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Lifelong learners can work out at gym for the mind
Baroness Deech, the former head of the Office of the Independent Adjudicator, once likened studying for a university degree to going to the gym: you pay your money, but you have to put in the work to...