Rammell ups cash support for part-timers
The Government this week announced a multimillion-pound funding boost for part-time students in England, including grants to help pay fees for the poorest students. Bill Rammell, the Higher Education...
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Tasty little potboilers for unreformed men
Racy Reformation potboilers touted as popular among Frenchwomen may have been a ploy to attract male readers in search of titillation, according to new research. Pollie Bromilow, a lecturer in French...
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At-risk subjects see resurgence in student interest
University courses feared to be vulnerable to closure, such as mathematics and the sciences, saw a rise in the number of undergraduates admitted this year, according to the latest figures. Data from...
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Bullying rife in RAE run-up
The research assessment exercise is a major cause of the bullying taking place at universities, a survey on bullying by The Times Higher suggests. One in ten university staff who responded to the...
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Inspired choice
Wendy Hall, head of the School of Electronics and Computer Science at Southampton University, has been named an Inspiring Woman in 2005 by the Fawcett Society. The Fawcett campaign celebrates women's...
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Dead loans boss awarded £35k for unfair dismissal
Ron Harrison, fired as chief executive of the Student Loans Company in 1995 for alleged gross misconduct, has won more than £35,000 compensation - five years after his death, writes Olga Wojtas....
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Rivalry for MBA recruits hots up
Britain's business schools face increasingly fierce competition from abroad for MBA students as overseas governments plough millions of pounds into domestic MBA programmes. UK schools fear that...
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£63m contest to bring out the 'lunatic' entrepreneur in you
Olivia Corcoran describes herself as a New Age academic but without the scented candles and incense sticks, writes Jessica Shepherd. "I'm New Age in that I'm one of a growing breed of academics who...
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Freedom row fails to sink Warwick's Singapore plan
Warwick University set out to renegotiate plans for a £300 million campus in Singapore despite a decision by its governing council not to proceed with the original proposal because of staff concerns...
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We met, talked and then whoosh!
A new service links researchers with authors who want real science in their fiction. Anna Fazackerley tagged along on a 'blind date' to see the results When she began her first novel about the "...
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Measures to keep vivas above board get positive reports
Lancaster University's pioneering scheme to ensure that PhD vivas are not open to abuse has proved a success despite initially being condemned by academics as unnecessary and insulting. Concerns have...
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Plymouth plays to its teaching strengths
Plymouth University this week enhanced its growing reputation as one of the UK's most innovative teaching institutions with the launch of four Centres of Excellence in Teaching and Learning. The only...
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Cash cuts cast doubt on access commitment
The Government is to cut its flagship widening participation budget by more than a fifth over the next two years, raising doubts about its commitment to improving access to universities. Aimhigher, a...
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Hefce focus on lecture costs
A clearer picture of how much it costs universities to teach each subject will be at the heart of a revamp of the £4 billion teaching funding system, it emerged this week. The initiative, which...
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UK urged not to pin its hopes on SATs
The UK should be wary of following the North American example of setting a national aptitude test for university admissions, a senior official at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and...