First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novel described on its publication by one reviewer as an "epic of vice": "Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen...
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Orphans of the imperial dream
Last Children of the Raj – Empire Families
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UK looks abroad to fill jobs
Universities are becoming increasingly dependent on overseas academic talent, a survey by The Times Higher has revealed, prompting fears of a dwindling supply of home-grown PhDs considering academic...
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Angry AUT bowls Brunel a Google-y
Would-be staff and students using the web search engine Google to find information on Brunel University are being met with a plea to boycott the institution. In an innovative and provocative twist to...
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'People asked "is it a joyful occasion?"it is - but it is more a sense of relief'
Tim Wheeler is vice-chancellor of the latest college to be awarded university status - Chester Tim Wheeler allowed himself a glass of bubbly this week to celebrate the news that the college he has...
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On the move
* The University of Wales, Bangor, has appointed Chris Freeman , former Royal Society research fellow, professor of biogeochemistry, specialising in peat bog science. * The European Space Agency has...
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Serial litigant hits £100K mark
A serial litigant who has made numerous race discrimination claims against universities has won two further victories at employment tribunals. The latest cases mean that economics and finance...
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RAE workload keeps chemistry stars from lab
Chemistry lecturers have claimed that their discipline may suffer in the 2008 research assessment exercise because so many of the subject's brightest stars will be burdened with work as referees on...
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Funding pledge anxiety
Ministers were warned this week not to renege on a promise to maintain public funding for universities after the Treasury's decision to delay its next spending review. Chancellor Gordon Brown has...
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Next week
Is art the new science? Siân Ede explores how artists are harnessing new knowledge in fields such as genetics to create inspirational works Plus: Inspecting the inspectors - what's next for the QAA?
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Too few family savers
Almost half of parents fail to save money for their children's university education, according to research by the Association of Investment Trust Companies. The research found that while a quarter of...
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Rise for student parents
Students with children will be eligible for a higher grant from September, the Government announced this week. The childcare grant will rise from Pounds 114.75 a week to £148.75 a week for students...
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Now they're talking
Bristol, Nottingham Trent and Manchester universities each won a European Award for Languages this week. Manchester was singled out for its project that helps to link its foreign students with...
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Networking news
Eight further education colleges have joined Leeds Metropolitan University's regional partnership system, expanding what was already the UK's largest post-16 network. The partnership now offers...
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MRC tribute to pioneer
The Medical Research Council paid tribute to Sir Richard Doll, who died this week. Colin Blakemore, the MRC chief executive, said: "His proof of the link between smoking and cancer has done as much...