Poll elicits fear of bioscience slump
The biosciences bubble could be about to burst due to staff problems, declining student numbers and underfunded laboratories, a report warns this week. The Biosciences Federation report, which...
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Scots get top marks
Two leading Scottish research universities are among the top five places in the world to work, according to an international survey of life scientists. The Scientist magazine's annual "best places to...
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Plea for UK academic sector to give safe haven to colleagues
UK universities must pool their resources at home and abroad to offer support to academic refugees forced to flee their homelands, it was claimed this week. The Council for Assisting Refugee...
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QAA queries Luton quality
Phil Baty reports on the fourth institution to receive a 'limited confidence' rating Quality watchdogs have reported only "limited confidence" in academic standards at Luton University almost two...
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Lightening the load of paperwork
Phil Baty reports on the fourth institution to receive a 'limited confidence' rating The quality watchdog's light-touch audit regime will become even lighter under proposals published for...
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Colleges need to 'raise their game'
Phil Baty reports on the fourth institution to receive a 'limited confidence' rating Quality watchdogs have cast doubt on plans to deliver more courses through further education colleges, after...
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Will Gats be good for global quality?
The Times Higher examines the reactions to the international guidelines on transborder higher education When crunch ministerial talks on trade liberalisation resume in Hong Kong next month, the odds...
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US 'collaboration and respect'
The Times Higher examines the reactions to the international guidelines on transborder higher education "What's the point?" summarises the reaction of the traditional US higher education industry to...
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SA claims free trade will undermine national values
The Times Higher examines the reactions to the international guidelines on transborder higher education For more than two years, South Africa has been a cheerleader for the developing world against...
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Secret offer to open market
The Times Higher examines the reactions to the international guidelines on transborder higher education The European Union secretly made a formal offer this summer on liberalising access to its...
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Foreign funding fears
The Times Higher examines the reactions to the international guidelines on transborder higher education Australian universities are concerned that there may be further cuts to their federal grants...
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EU hopes for Doha
The Times Higher examines the reactions to the international guidelines on transborder higher education European Union trade commissioner Peter Mandelson is at the forefront of efforts to liberalise...
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Still can't find the words to bridge the culture gap
The centenary of C. P. Snow's birth may be just the time to revisit his debate on the intellectual divide, says Brian Morton C. P. Snow was born 100 years ago this month. He's not much read now, but...
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Gary Day
Learning and teaching? Ah, that's what was once called education. But the problem's the same: how do we teach our students? They're back. No, this is not the trailer for some horror film, nor does it...
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Move over, Mr Speaker?...
Barry Sheerman, the chairman of the Education and Skills Select Committee, showed himself a stickler for parliamentary etiquette when Ruth Kelly, the Education Secretary, gave evidence last week....