Finnish masters lose large pay boon
A masters degree no longer guarantees a fat pay packet, according to research conducted by the Finnish National Fund for Research and Development. The proportion of Finns with a masters has increased...
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Fears over rise of US Christian colleges
Plans to train future leaders to 'rebuild America for Christ and for liberty' are causing alarm, Jon Marcus reports Two universities that have the goal of injecting Christian values into American...
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Swedish hands tied over bogus degrees
A legal loophole means that lecturers employed by Swedish universities who are found to have suspect qualifications cannot be sacked. Erik Johansson, an evaluator of foreign qualifications at Sweden'...
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Little for campus despite surplus
Australian higher education will receive an additional A$560 million (Pounds 229 million) in federal funding over the next five years, while the nation's working citizens have been promised tax cuts...
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Europe's top 20 demand action
Europe's top 20 research-intensive universities feel that governments and the European Commission do not understand their strengths and their potential to contribute to the European Union's...
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Figel : Get a grip or be 'beautiful museums'
EU Commissioner for Education gives universities a stark warning, writes David Haworth from Brussels Europe's universities could become "beautiful museums" unless they get to grips with serious...
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Why should a patent be the ticket to riches?
In falling over itself to fund science the Treasury ignores the value of humanities - a big mistake, says Paul Johnson There has been a disturbing outbreak of science fetishism at the Treasury...
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Shamed, but not named
Many delegates were keen to share their tales of campus bullying and harassment at last week's Association of University Teachers conference. But Steve Wharton, the union's president, repeatedly...
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Gap year soothes boycott blues
Diary is glad to see some outside academe milking the pay dispute for all it is worth. A press release from Year Out Group, which arranges gap years for students, is delighted to report "a surge in...
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You'll find condescension, too
And winner of the most patronising blurb to students on a university website goes to... the University of Wales' North East Wales Institute of Higher Education. Under the section Books Etc it says: "...
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Red flag fliers to high-fliers
Congratulations to Manchester University, champions of this year's University Challenge . The team beat Trinity College, Cambridge, by ten points in a nail-biting final with a score of 160. Diary...
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Stephen Colbert
Stephen colbert The White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, Washington DC, April 29 The President of Iran recently declared that democracy has failed worldwide. That's an exaggeration. But as...
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A beacon of hope or dogmatic analogy?
The Very Reverend Colin Slee, Dean of Southwark, last month told a Cambridge University congregation the world is witnessing a Muslim Reformation. The Times Higher asks theologians and sociologists...
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Up the (fiercely staid) workers!
Why are academics more middle class than they were a generation and a half ago? asks Maria Misra The Future Foundation has just published a poll announcing the demise of Britain's defining...
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Are you ready for your close-up?
If you fancy seeing your research featured in the press and want to give broadcasters your expert view of events, you must prepare. Harriet Swain finds out what you need to become a headline act...