Time to grow your own talent, managers hear
Universities are struggling to fill managerial posts as the number of applicants dwindlesJon Renyard, director of academic services at the Arts Institute at Bournemouth, believes that many...
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Crisis management must target 'quiet catastrophes'
Acting collegially is key to the sector's health, says a troubleshooting expert. John Gill reports
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Association of University Administrators Conference
It is not just the complexities of higher education management that challenges delegates at the Association of University Administrators annual conference.Alongside weighty topics such as crisis...
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University entry reaches plateau
Tories claim it will take a century to reach Labour's 50% participation target. Rebecca Attwood reports
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20 years ago
Twenty university and polytechnic libraries answered fewer than two of three simple questions correctly, an investigation into how institutions deal with telephone inquiries has found. The test...
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News in brief
POST-65 EMPLOYMENTRIGHT-TO-WORK CAMPAIGN KICKS OFFAcademics are setting up a national campaign calling for the right to keep working after the age of 65. Henry Wynn, a professor of statistics at the...
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The drive for green energy is seeking quick results
A £1.1bn fund to develop low-carbon technology wants to make an impact. Zoe Corbyn reports
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Grant Winners
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL- Award winner: Erica CarterInstitution: University of WarwickValue: £25,481Bela Balazs: early film theory in transnational context- Award winner: David...
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Switch access focus to schools, urges v-c
Tackling class inequalities early on will inspire more children to go to university. Melanie Newman reports
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Sociologists failing to practise what they preach, says report
"Purist" understandings of sociology are holding academics back from practising a key feature of the discipline, according to new research.Many academics working in the field say that...
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Super-lab in scrutiny dispute
The chairman of the parliamentary select committee responsible for scrutinising science has hit out at the Government over its response to MPs' concerns about a project to build a £500 million super-...
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The Week in Higher Education
- Gordon Brown has offered Labour MPs a free vote on controversial aspects of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill in a bid to defuse a row over stem-cell research, the Financial Times said on...
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International scholars agree on standing of top journals
Study says consensus in political science makes rankings useful tool for RAE. Zoe Corbyn reports
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Bournemouth v-c lacks confidence of local UCU
University and College Union members at the University of Bournemouth have passed a vote of no confidence in their vice-chancellor.Of 200 academics who returned papers - representing about one third...
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Hefce shuffles library cards
Senate House Library loses out in revamp of research library funding. Zoe Corbyn reports