Libelled lecturer awarded £10K
Salford pays for refusal to apologise over expense claim allegation. Melanie Newman reports
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The week in higher education
Parents "dread" their children going to university because they fear financial ruin as they struggle to pay for higher education, according to a survey widely reported on 7 August. "University, a...
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'Utopian' institution is disowned by academics
Board members, co-founder and university step away from Sussex centre, says Melanie Newman
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Scholars remain unconvinced about the value of professional doctorates
Paper says PhD is still the 'gold standard' despite rise of work-based study, writes Rebecca Attwood
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Leeds Met caps tuition fees for a fourth year
Leeds Metropolitan University has announced that it will keep its fees capped at £2,000 for the fourth successive year.In a statement, the university said its governors had voted unanimously to set...
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Physicists fear mergers on horizon
Next month's Wakeham review may call for greater focus on applied research. Zoe Corbyn reports
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Degree of optimism as engineering on the up
Despite growing fears for the future of engineering, degree courses are enjoying a surge of popularity, according to a report from the Engineering and Technology Board.The number of applications to...
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Disciplinary action taken after public airing of staff survey results
Conference speech fuels OU row over compulsory retirement for lecturers, writes Melanie Newman
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Top journals in history ranked by 2007 impact factor
 Journal Citations in 2007 to articles from 2005-06Impact factor for 2007Number of articles in 20071American Historical Review 8871.476242Environmental History2370.976283Journal of American...
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It’s time for academic access all areas
Stop decrying the signal-to-noise ratio in online scholarly resources, says Tara Brabazon, and give open-source web journals your full support
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The great ‘dumbing down’ debate
If you are a UK academic, please give us your views on whether standards really are slipping...
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Filtering tips
Applications from would-be students are increasingly less likely to be seen by an academic as universities turn to new ways to sieve the burgeoning number of applications, writes Rebecca Attwood,...
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Did Daddy do it?
Stiff competition for places in the US has led potential students to enlist the help of parents and consultants to give their application an edge. Jon Marcus looks at how institutions are trying to...
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Grappling with the digital divide
Students are increasingly 'transliterate', communicating across a range of technologies. Can academics keep up? Hannah Fearn asks