The employment of sex offenders in schools may have captured the headlines and dominated the political agenda, but universities cannot afford to turn a blind eye to concerns on their own doorsteps,...
Senior university officials have called for clearer guidance on what ratings in the 2008 research assessment exercise will mean for academics as they prepare for the final criteria to be unveiled...
Luxembourg, 19 January 2006 C-459/03, Commission of the European Communities v Ireland Opinion of Advocate General Poiares Pessoa Maduro on 19 January 2006 (link to English version when available)....
Luxembourg, 19 January 2006 C-330/03, Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos v Administracion del Estado Judgment of the Court of Justice (First Chamber) on 19 January 2006 (link to...
Brussels, 19 Jan 2006 Prof. Dr. Marc Van Montagu, Chairman International Plant Biotechnology Organisation (IPBO) University of Ghent, and president of the European Federation of Biotechnology, told...
Brussels, 19 Jan 2006 The European Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs underlined the need to act now to ensure a secure energy supply for Europe, during his visit of the "Energy Research Site" at...
Brussels, 19 Jan 2006 Full text of Document 211/06 1. (poss) Specific Programme "Cooperation": ­ conclusion of first reading discussions held on Wednesday 18 January doc. 136/05 RECH 182...
Millionaires' club - academics reap the rewards of research A growing number of academics are joining the ranks of the super-rich as they sell their ideas and inventions through spin-off companies....
" Students at Sheffield University have been offered ex gratia payments totalling more than £22,000 for the "regrettable difficulties" they experienced on a degree course " - The Times Higher,...
Universities are understandably anxious to pin down the precise criteria that will be applied in the 2008 research assessment exercise. Millions of pounds will rest on the outcome, with the future of...
With reporters rivalling estate agents at the bottom of rankings of public trust and esteem, the news that Oxford University is to establish an Institute for the Study of Journalism is to be welcomed...
Last week's leader article "Trouble in store for discounts?" was timely, particularly in the light of your report of an apparent lack of clarity in the sector about possible changes to student...
You reported last week that the National Union of Students "may sponsor a legal challenge if any institution proposed to cut fees in clearing". The NUS is fully aware that universities are,...
Bob Brecher's piece on the facts of life for many students is a triumph of dogma over reality ("Why are the best degrees for sale?", Working Knowledge, January 13). The idea that university education...
One institution is allegedly about to have its foundation degree "branded a failure" by the Quality Assurance Agency ("Audit critic is lone UK failure", January 13) and - by some curious insight...