Revamp of concordat
The research councils and Universities UK are to publish draft proposals for a revamped concordat and code of practice for research staff in universities at the end of this month. The concordat has...
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Correction
The North East England History Institute, which is responsible for bringing together historians from all five of the north-eastern universities, is based at Bolbec Hall in Newcastle and not Teesside...
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'What's wrong with jazzing it up a little bit?'
Academic eyebrows were raised when forensic psychologist Kathy Charles appeared in The Scottish Sun commenting on a series of notorious unsolved crimes. In typical Sun style, she was compared to the...
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Union attacks Newport haste to make redundancies
A redundancy hitlist drafted by the University of Wales, Newport, was part of a "dubious" job-cutting process adopted by managers keen to rush through course closures, union leaders said this week....
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Rector is named but row rages on
The University of Buenos Aires has elected a new rector after five attempts over eight months were frustrated by militant left-wing students. Just before the Christmas holidays, 170 members of the...
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Belarus police pursue dissident draft dodgers
Belarussians attending university abroad are ordered home to complete compulsory national service, writes Vera Rich Young male Belarussian students who have gone abroad to study after being expelled...
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Call for Euro tax law revamp to boost research
A system of liberalised taxation to encourage cross-border donations to independent research foundations has been suggested by the European Commission, which wants tax reform to promote private...
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Demand grows in spite of debt
Trend reverses for home applications to university. Geoff Maslen reports The number of Australians applying for university places for 2007 has increased, reversing a three- year downward trend. Since...
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Czechs offer tips to topple dictator
Student dissidents from Belarus are being coached in regime change by Czechs who experienced Prague's Velvet Revolution nearly 20 years ago, writes Nick Holdsworth. A week-long "winter school" for a...
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Leader leaves academic chaos
Saparyrat Niyazov, the President of Turkmenistan and self-styled "Turkmenbashi" ("Father of all Turkmens"), left a legacy of an education system in disarray when he died in late December, writes Vera...
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Evils of history will not be expunged with cash
Righting the wrongs of slavery must focus on improving the future, not on atoning for the past, says John Torpey A commission of inquiry at Brown University in the US recently completed an intensive...
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Alison Wolf
Unemployment is rising and things are getting tight over at the Treasury. In the year ahead, the Government will need to spend our money wisely on behalf of UK plc. And where better than in the field...
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Roger Kline: If I were voted general secretary of the UCU
The first in a series of three articles in which candidates vying to lead the University and College Union explain what distinguishes them from their rivals Staff at a major university told me that...
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Ugliness that mars the beautiful game
In the wake of the Stevens inquiry into Premiership probity, five football-loving academics tackle the state of play of the national game at professional and community levels Meat-and-potato pie or...
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Laugh in the face of their demands
Are we doing enough to deal with the corrosive actions of our political masters? asks Bob Brecher Asked whether academics have anything in common, I would say something like this. Our basic task is...