Welsh chorus
Welsh universities have created a lobby group to strengthen their voice in the European Union. The Welsh Higher Education Brussels will participate in debates on the Bologna Process and the Lisbon...
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Correction
The figures for the number of high-earning staff at Newcastle University, included in a table accompanying the article "Boom time for high-flyers" (March 17), inadvertently counted clinical staff...
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Incoming president vows to unite NUS
Jessica Shepherd reports from the NUS conference on the election for the top job and the winner's manifesto Independent candidate Gemma Tumelty clinched a narrow victory this week in the election for...
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Fear for funds if foreign intake falls
A downturn in the volatile international student recruitment market is more likely to plunge institutions into the red than a bad result in the research assessment exercise, a report warns....
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£6m drive will focus on alliances
The Government has outlined how it plans to spend £6 million a year on the next Prime Minister's Initiative to attract more overseas students to the UK, writes Tony Tysome. At a conference on...
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Sussex urged to reopen its race row case
A professor who stated that there is 'nothing wrong with racism' could be reinvestigated. Claire Sanders reports Leeds University's decision to begin disciplinary proceedings against Frank Ellis...
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Model student support schemes deserve a star turn
Outstanding Student Financial Support Package Universities offer prospective students a bewildering range of bursaries and scholarships to help pay for tuition fees and living costs, writes Tony...
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Treasure trove
Victorian explorer David Livingstone's drawing of a fish found in Lake Nyassa, which he reached in 1859 on his Zambezi Expedition, is one of 150,000 items in the John Murray archive. The collection,...
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Colleges to gain more autonomy
More higher education is to be provided by further education colleges with greater independence from universities, the Government signalled this week. A national review is to be conducted, which...
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Anxious heads wrangle over RAE
Last week's Budget surprise has stirred panic and split opinion among v-cs. The Times Higher investigates how the future of funding could pan out When officials at the Department for Education and...
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Funds merged to stop R&D money being 'diverted'
Last week's Budget surprise has stirred panic and split opinion among v-cs. The Times Higher investigates how the future of funding could pan out Treasury plans to merge all public funding for UK...
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What will be yardstick for success?
Last week's Budget surprise has stirred panic and split opinion among v-cs. The Times Higher investigates how the future of funding could pan out Farewell RAE, welcome RAM. A few words from the...
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Death knell for Pparc brings mixed feelings
Last week's Budget surprise has stirred panic and split opinion among v-cs. The Times Higher investigates how the future of funding could pan out The proposed abolition of the Particle Physics and...
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Protests over US visa politics
The Bush Administration is under fire for a marked increase in the number of academics who have been denied visas to travel to the US, purportedly on national security grounds. A visa for a Bolivian...
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Private sector booms
Australia's public universities face increased competition from a growing number of private institutions offering degree and diploma courses. Glyn Davis, chair of the Group of Eight research-...