Hood faces new turmoil
Trouble is brewing at Oxford. Claire Sanders and Anna Fazackerley report As he faces renewed rebellion, John Hood, Oxford University's vice-chancellor, will be only too aware that reaching a full...
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Students attack introduction of 'one-sided' contract of duties
Trouble is brewing at Oxford. Claire Sanders and Anna Fazackerley report As he faces renewed rebellion, John Hood, Oxford University's Students at Oxford University are opposing plans by the colleges...
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QAA uncovers results lottery
Academic assessment practices vary so much within and between some universities that students increasingly find themselves in a results lottery, it was claimed this week. A report by the Quality...
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International providers may have to pay for quality checks
Universities and colleges may have to foot the bill for extra international audits planned by quality watchdogs to keep a closer eye on the rapidly rising number of UK courses delivered overseas. The...
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Write or wrong
Letters and documents relating to the guardianship at Tutbury Castle of Mary, Queen of Scots - which include four signed by Queen Elizabeth I - are among a collection of rare books and manuscripts...
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Brown 'puff' fails to impress Scots
Scotland's business academics are politely sceptical about Chancellor Gordon Brown's surprise announcement of plans for a top business school in Dunfermline. Mr Brown, who was launching Labour's...
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Gëzim Alpion: Speaking for the refugee in us all
Gëzim Alpion playwright and lecturer in media studies Immigrants are all too often seen as a threat and that worries Gëzim Alpion. It bothers the senior lecturer in media studies at...
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Finance graduate devises new way for Scots to compete without top-up fees
A Scottish think-tank believes universities could solve their funding problems and boost their quality if they were funded through a pledged proportion of their students' future earnings. There are...
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George reveals how to make cut
Fashion entrepreneur George Davies, the man behind the hugely popular George at Asda clothing range, has a new venture in the shape of George at Heriot-Watt, writes Olga Wojtas. Mr Davies, who also...
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'Vile' attack on Natfhe leader
The battle over the leadership of the forthcoming academic super-union took a bitter turn this week as an anonymous circular attacking the politics of prospective general secretary Paul Mackney...
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Aggrieved student takes files to the net
A law student whose complaints about the quality of his course won him a landmark £30,000 financial settlement from Wolverhampton University has launched a trio of websites for students and parents...
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Yesterday
Previously unseen images of The Beatles, taken in 1965 and found two years ago in a Dundee University archive, have been published in a limited edition book, Now These Days Are Gone . The pictures...
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Prestige doesn't guarantee gains in fundraising, but asking will help
There is no clear link between successful fundraising and the age or size of a university, according to preliminary findings from a major report of philanthropic giving to higher education. There is...
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Scholar says boycotting Israel will not help restore Palestinian rights
Academic boycotts of Israel would threaten the restoration of Palestinian rights, a Palestinian academic told an international conference at one of the two universities at the centre of last year's...
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A first-class metrics war
Proposed changes aimed at clarifying a classification system for universities have caused upset among status-minded campuses. The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education...