Laureates denounce action against Israel
A group of Nobel laureates has condemned the boycott of Israel expected to be debated by the lecturers' union Natfhe this weekend. The union is set to discuss a motion calling on members to engage in...
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Better pay at Tesco, casual staff claim
The army of casual staff in UK universities is rarely given a voice. These workers are often too insecure to speak out about their conditions and not well-represented in departmental meetings or on...
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Councils may lose medical funding
The merger of research funding at the Department of Health and the Medical Research Council could divert millions of pounds from the other research councils, The Times Higher can reveal. Chancellor...
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Next week
Human cost of the pay dispute The lecturer, the vice-chancellor and the student tell their stories Plus David Cesarani ponders anti-Semitism and double standards in academe
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Concordat cuts red tape
A Higher Education Concordat designed to cut red tape has been signed by 16 agencies, including the Department for Education and Skills, Research Councils UK, the Quality Assurance Agency and the...
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Loan repayment plan
The Government has unveiled plans to ensure the repayment of loans by students from all European Union countries who complete degree courses in the UK. Students will be committed to repay loans on...
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Loss for languages
Anglia Ruskin University will close its languages department in 2008-09. The decision, announced this month, could lead to up to 20 redundancies. BAs in French, German and Spanish will close and...
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Access delivers
Access courses are an important route to higher education, particularly for mature students, says a Higher Education Funding Council for England report. More than half of students who take access...
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Study may save science
The Royal Society is launching a study into the UK's science skills to put the debate over the closure of science departments into the broader context of the economy. Judith Howard, professor of...
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Teaching courses prove a struggle
HEA study finds that workloads are too heavy for junior staff. Jessica Shepherd reports Many junior academics struggle to complete the extensive workloads demanded by courses that aim to improve...
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Lights, camera and a colony of bats
Most universities are familiar with the nightmare of planning negotiations. But few have attempted to turn an ancient castle, complete with bat colony, into a cutting-edge laboratory. Against all the...
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QAA links to sector betray students
Higher education watchdog the Quality Assurance Agency risks being too deep in universities' and the Government's pockets to expose failings in the sector, according to a damning report, writes...
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Dispute dispatches
* Managers at Northumbria University insisted this week that they had not abandoned plans to dock 100 per cent pay from all staff taking part in the boycott of exams and assessments. After an...
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UEA v-c threatens staff with legal bills
Students increasingly oppose the boycott, Ucea is forced to eat humble pie and examiners are up in arms. The Times Higher reports on the pay dispute. A vice-chancellor is threatening to pursue...
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Up to 100% of pay withheld
V-cs believe wage docking could force an end to the dispute, reports Anthea Lipsett. Two out of five vice-chancellors are docking pay in a bid to force academics to abandon industrial action, a...