Dundee book contest
The UK's newest academic press, Dundee University Press, is seeking advice from academics and students about what books to put on its list. It is offering £100 prizes in its best book idea...
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Correction
In our report on research into film audiences presented at last week's conference Not Gazing But Watching , the name of one of the two researchers who conducted the study was inadvertently cut....
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Website finds courses to suit student pockets
An online ready reckoner that tells students which university would best suit their pocket is being developed by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service with university partners. The one-...
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Take a bow if you are ramped up
Exeter University's Disability Research Centre has helped raise awareness of, change attitudes towards and improve teaching for disabled students. Exeter was also the first institution in the country...
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Hefce 'failing' to reward spin-offs
The research assessment exercise is discouraging entrepreneurship among academics, according to a report on chemical science spin-offs by the Royal Society of Chemistry. But the Higher Education...
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Refugees may plug skills gap
When Abdul Lalzad fled to the UK from Afghanistan in late 1998, he found himself living off income support despite being one of his country's foremost engineers. But thanks to a grant from the...
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UCL tops big 5 with £93m
£1,251 million for research Research funding up 8.3% in real terms on 04-05 £4,004 million for teaching Cash per student up 0.4% in real terms University College London...
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Elites stripped of access cash
Elite academic institutions recruiting bright students from poor areas have been hit by major budget cuts following changes to the way that teaching is funded in English universities. Fourteen...
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Green light for FE-run degrees
Further education colleges will be able to run and price degree courses without the consent of local universities under arrangements agreed by the Department for Education and Skills and the Quality...
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Sacked professor settles out of court
A senior academic who helped the Charity Commission investigate mismanagement at the European Business School has won an out-of-court payment to settle his claim that he was victimised after raising...
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Gates gift spurs US schools to update
Bill Gates, the billionaire founder of Microsoft, is spearheading a $42 million (£22 million) effort to overhaul America's high schools in response to criticism that they are not preparing students...
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Critical academic fights efforts to deport him
Lawyers representing Kenneth Good, the Australian academic who faces expulsion from Botswana after delivering a paper questioning its reputation as a democracy, this week began the process of...
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Campus revival across Africa
African political leaders' recognition of the role of universities in development is inspiring a new spirit of confidence, according to Akilagpa Sawyerr, the secretary-general of the Association of...
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Chief executive relents to state in battle for financial control
Rongo Wetere, the chief executive of one of New Zealand's Maori higher education institutions, or wananga , has backed down after a stand-off over financial control. When Trevor Mallard, the...
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Quotas to aid access in Brazil
Brazil is planning to overhaul its university system to make it more accessible while also tightening rules to make private institutions more accountable. The Ministry of Education's proposed reforms...