Football club honoured
Norwich City has become the first football club to receive an honorary degree. The honorary doctorate of civil law from East Anglia University was conferred on the club at half-time in the Canaries'...
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Brunel's RAE ambition
Dozens of lecturers may lose their jobs at Brunel University if the institution is to improve its research standing, academics were warned this week. The university is hoping that staff who are less...
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Executive backs down
The Scottish Executive is expected to drop controversial proposals to classify new universities separately from pre-92 institutions. The executive is expected to unveil its bill next week to merge...
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Minister opens portal
A new website to give prospective students advice about the cost of university study, course options and what undergraduate life is like was launched by Kim Howells, the new Higher Education Minister...
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Rent-free prize
Students are being offered the chance to win a term's rent by a London bookshop. Foyles, which has a shop in Charing Cross Road, will pay £1,500 to the student who has answered three questions about...
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Boycott may cost London Met millions, warns v-c
London Metropolitan University could lose millions in research funds, threatening jobs, as the union boycott over new staff contracts becomes increasingly bitter. The union is intensifying action...
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Kingston is told to lay off student
Kingston University has been served with a court injunction ordering it to stop harassing one of its disabled students. The order made by Kingston upon Thames County Court on September 14, says the...
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Rivals claim lead in pay row
Trade unionists and managers both marked the start of the academic boycott of Nottingham University this week by claiming to have the support of staff, writes Claire Sanders. The Association of...
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A referee with 50 games on the go at once
Profile: Ruth Deech, student administrator Six months after calling time on a 34-year career at Oxford University one might expect to find Dame Ruth Deech taking things a little easier. Instead, the...
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40% of Luton students would not recommend alma mater
Two in five students at Luton University would not recommend the institution to a friend, according to documents passed to The Times Higher , writes Phil Baty. An internal survey of students...
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Date rape is the new student fear
The danger of date rape on campuses and the "vulnerability" of first-year and international students to muggers was highlighted this week as police and university security chiefs gathered to discuss...
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Surely some mishsnake?
Children visiting Paignton Zoo in Devon after seeing Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets thought the zoo had made a mistake with its basilisk. In the film, the basilisk is a giant snake, when in...
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Top-ups row could be ticket to power
Phil Baty reports from the Lib Dems conference, where hopes are high The promise of free higher education has been hailed as the single "most powerful weapon" of a future election campaign by the...
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It's my party ...
Phil Baty reports from the Lib Dems conference, where hopes are high Richard Grayson, Goldsmiths University politics lecturer, has been a committed Liberal Democrat since he defected from the...
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Disgruntled teacher eyes up Clarke's Norwich seat
Phil Baty reports from the Lib Dems conference, where hopes are high The Liberal Democrats are confident they can topple Charles Clarke, Education Secretary, at the next election, claiming one of...