Chief scientist named
John Beddington has been confirmed as the Government's Chief Scientific Adviser. He currently holds the chair in applied population biology at Imperial College's division of biology. He joined...
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£1bn telescope launch
The UK is to host the headquarters of the Square Kilometre Array project, a global effort to build the world's next generation radio telescope, the Science Minister Ian Pearson was due to announce...
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Lecturer suspended
Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education has suspended Robin Keates pending investigation into the level of the lecturer's qualifications. The Times Higher reported earlier this year that Mr...
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Free dictionaries
Readers of The Times Higher are being offered free access to a new online languages resource. Oxford Language Dictionaries Online features Oxford's bilingual dictionaries in French, German, Spanish...
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OU shares research
The Open University has launched a free online research bank with more than 6,000 items of research available to view. Open Research Online launched last month and is the latest initiative in the...
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Awards for inspiration
Staff who have helped students from poor backgrounds to aspire to a place at university have had their work recognised through a new award scheme. The first national Aimhigher awards were announced...
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UK fails to integrate overseas students
Institutions warned to act now or lose foreign income to rivals. Rebecca Attwood and Tariq Tahir report Overseas students will spurn UK universities unless more effort is made to integrate them, the...
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Palestinians accuse UCU
Palestinian academic leaders have launched a bitter attack on the UK's University and College Union, accusing it of suppressing debate and undermining academic freedom. The Federation of Unions of...
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UCE adopts new identity
The University of Central England in Birmingham unveiled a new name this week, along with plans to slash the number of its sites and invest £250 million in a new city-centre campus, Rebecca Attwood...
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Goldsmiths ditches the 'alcohol-centred cheesy disco culture'
Goldsmiths, University of London, announced this week that it was responding to the changing student demographic by moving its freshers' week away from alcohol-centred student events. The Students...
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Students shun foreign peers
UK students demonstrate "passive xenophobia" towards international students, threatening the UK's position in the global education market, according to new research. Interactions between home and...
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Redwood: set all students a minimum entry hurdle
Melanie Newman reports on the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool A minimum entry hurdle Melanie Newman reports on the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool A national minimum university...
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McVicar warns Tories: University funding cuts would hurt economy
The Conservatives were warned not to cut public funding to universities to pay for tax breaks. Speaking to The Times Higher ahead of a fringe meeting at the Conservative Party conference, Malcolm...
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Willetts questions HE value for money
Shadow Secretary of State for Universities David Willetts attacked the quality of some higher education in the UK at the Conservative Party conference this week. Speaking at a Policy Exchange fringe...
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Fund UK postgrads or lose them, says Cambridge v-c
The vice-chancellor of Cambridge University has called for funding for UK postgraduates to be improved as "a matter of urgency". In her annual address at the start of the new academic year, Alison...