Sociologists this week called for greater regulation of the cosmetic surgery industries amid fears that the UK is sliding into a quick-fix makeover culture, writes Anthea Lipsett. Anthony Elliot,...
Could you transform your teaching or research if you had easy online access to historic images of polar expeditions (such as this one of Captain Scott with Terra Nova , 1911) or documents from...
Mandarins deny claims that new metrics plan has been rushed in to reduce costs. Anthea Lipsett reports The Government did not act in haste to replace the research assessment exercise with metrics,...
The Treasury this week refused to reveal the thinking behind its proposals to move to a metrics system for assessing research and getting rid of the 2008 RAE. Officials rejected a Times Higher...
The vice-chancellor of Sussex University who is embroiled in a row with his staff has been chosen to head the employers' negotiating body in the crucial period following the higher education pay...
Diana Green has announced that she will retire as vice-chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University in July 2007. Professor Green will have served for nine years.
Anglia Ruskin University has appointed Michael Thorne vice-chancellor. He will take up the post next January. Professor Thorne, currently vice-chancellor of the University of East London, will...
Chris Carr, chief executive and principal of St Martin's College, will become vice-chancellor of the new Cumbria University from August 1, 2007.
John O'Reilly has been appointed vice-chancellor of Cranfield University from January 2007. Professor O'Reilly, currentlyJchief executive of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council,...
The number of job vacancies for graduates are the highest since 1995, up 16.7 per cent on last year, according to the latest survey by the Association of Graduate Recruiters. The annual AGR Graduate...
Academics teaching languages should ditch traditional learning models, delegates heard at a languages in higher education conference this week. Mike Kelly, director of the Subject Centre for...
Leeds University has announced that Russian and Slavonic studies lecturer Frank Ellis has taken early retirement. Dr Ellis was suspended on March 23 following remarks that the university considered...
Academics at Leicester University dressed up as characters from the Harry Potter books for an open day designed to spark children's interest in chemistry.
Some specialist institutions such as art schools and music conservatoires have been largely ignoring the extensive guidance produced by quality watchdogs without seriously compromising their academic...
The academic reputation of a university is more important to foreign undergraduates than drinking or social clubs, finds Jessica Shepherd Which of your students are more likely to be found in the...