The English funding council is to lose its chief research policy expert midway through the process of setting up a replacement for the research assessment exercise, sparking fears of a possible...
Durham sacks academic after disciplinary tribunal upholds misconduct allegations. Tariq Tahir reports
Hefce chief hails 3.3% gain in 2008-09 budget, but 59 institutions will see cuts. Phil Baty reports
Quality teaching, like quality research, requires funding input, say Russell Group chiefs Malcolm Grant and Wendy Piatt
Simon Blackburn muses on RCUK's shelved proposal to test the economic impact of humanities research via algorithms
Vice-chancellors warn that pay rises, pensions and inflation could lead to financial woes, writes Melanie Newman
Vice-chancellors have agreed to push ahead with national pay negotiations without the lecturers' trade union, raising the prospect of industrial action in the autumn and the collapse of national pay...
Councils admit defeat in hunt for algorithm to show economic value of research, reports Zoe Corbyn
Of all newspapers, the Government may have least expected the Financial Times to be leading the attack on its plans to increase the involvement of business in the design and funding of degree courses...
Minister promises long-term planning and lauds business partnerships. Melanie Newman reports
Labour vows to 'unlock talent' by creating 20 new sites and 10,000 places in six years, writes John Gill
An academic expert in industrial relations at Keele University's School of Economic and Management Studies has criticised the way the university's managers are handling the dispute over job losses at...
Encouraging fellow academics to remember that administrative staff are colleagues worthy of support and respect
High achievers are made more often than born, and lecturers can support and stretch students to enable them to hit the top target
