Conference roundup
A small minority of vociferous opponents has failed to stop the tide of support for a merger between the Association of University Teachers and the lecturers' union Natfhe. The AUT council in...
A small minority of vociferous opponents has failed to stop the tide of support for a merger between the Association of University Teachers and the lecturers' union Natfhe. The AUT council in...
Glasgow University's reputation has been damaged locally, nationally and internationally, consultants have reported, writes Anna Fazackerley. The university employed a consultancy firm last year to...
Some universities are spending tens of thousands of pounds on hiring consultants to advise them on public relations, marketing and branding, a Times Higher investigation has revealed. Documents...
The individual rights of staff in all Scottish universities to challenge received wisdom and express often unpopular views is now protected by law after a vote by Members of the Scottish Parliament....
Do cats prefer Atomic Kitten to Snoop Dogg? Is Animal Hospital their equivalent of Holby City ? Sarah Ellis, a feline expert at Queen's University Belfast, is investigating whether watching...
Most of The Times Higher awards will mark institutional successes, but one will celebrate an individual's contribution to the sector, writes John O'Leary. The criteria have been drawn as widely as...
In what promises to be one of the highlights of The Times Higher 's awards ceremony in November, the paper will announce this year's institution with the X-factor, writes Alan Thomson. With more than...
Canadian universities are offering top-calibre applicants unprecedented perks as part of their recruitment efforts. Administrators from York University in Toronto, including the president and two...
Nearly 40,000 qualified students will miss entry to public institutions in Kenya, according to the universities' joint admissions board, forcing them to seek higher education in local private and...
Americans who experimented with drugs and sex in the Seventies have sobered up enough to teach their own university-bound children to avoid taking similar risks with their health, according to a new...
The Irish Education Ministry has removed a small private business school from a register of approved courses for overseas students, posted last week on its website, after a number of blunders were...
A row has erupted over the future of university funding in Germany after negotiations between the states and the Government failed to make any progress on the €1.9 billion (£1.3 billion) "excellence...
Students are protesting against French higher education reforms required by the Bologna process. The University of Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis, set up after 1968 to accept applicants without...
The Malaysian government has signed a multimillion-dollar six-year contract with a consortium of five foreign universities to prepare prospective schoolteachers of English, writes Geoff Maslen in...
Our RAE-driven culture is turning peer review into an unfair game, says Tim Birkhead Peer review is the cornerstone of scientific enterprise. The entire system of academic publishing relies on...