White paper faces rough ride at TUC
Top-up fees are likely to come under attack at the Trades Union Congress in Brighton next week, writes Phil Baty. A motion from the Association of University Teachers, expected to be debated at the...
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Ruthless beans punish bacteria
Soya beans may be good for you, but that doesn't mean they're good. Biologists at the universities of Edinburgh and California have found that the beans display a ruthless streak, punishing...
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Careers staff get a tough talking to
Careers staff must be tougher in enlisting employers' help to improve students' job prospects, according to Andrew Cubie, convener of the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework. Dr Cubie,...
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Next week
Mind of a minister New higher education minister Alan Johnson launches an autumn offensive to win over critics of the government's plans Also News British Association in Salford Kevin Fong academic,...
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Upbeat UWE will not be sidelined
Concentrating funding on the elite has roused despair and defiance. The THES reports. It is hard to believe Alfred Morris when he claims he is not deliberately trying to "stick two fingers up to the...
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No cash equals crisis
Concentrating funding on the elite has roused despair and defiance. The THES reports. University education departments have reached crisis point following the withdrawal of research funding for the...
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Engineers struggle
Concentrating funding on the elite has roused despair and defiance. The THES reports. Engineering research in the UK is on the brink of collapse, government ministers will be told next week. The...
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Whistleblowers: Scholar to complain about Hefce inquiry
The Oxford scholar who blew the whistle on erroneous submissions to the research assessment exercise by London Metropolitan University is to make a formal complaint against the Higher Education...
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Sports science: Shaping up to take the lead in race for students
Sports science is becoming a heavyweight discipline, Esther Ingram writes in the latest of our series on the state of academic study. Sport and exercise science has never been in such good shape....
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Foreign signings plug gaps
Does the UK lack the talent to lead its universities? Claire Sanders reports. UK vice-chancellors, like football managers, are increasingly being recruited from abroad. The announcement that Alan...
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The making of a vice-chancellor
An analysis of the curriculum vitae of UK vice-chancellors shows the impact of the old grammar schools on higher education. Well over three-quarters of vice-chancellors are grammar school boys (and...
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Third-class degree dying out
The third-class degree, affectionately known as a Douglas Hurd after the former Conservative government minister, is on the verge of extinction - in particular at Cambridge University, Lord Hurd's...
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British still pro space voyage
UK space scientists remain firmly behind manned space missions despite the safety concerns raised by the investigation into the Columbia shuttle disaster. A straw poll of leading British figures in...
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Students pushed to spend a penny
Students do not want to be encouraged to spend a penny when they visit campus toilets. After a 15-year funding squeeze, Canadian universities are using washroom advertising to raise revenue, writes...
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Findings: They all look the same to me
People are biased in recognising faces of their own sex, a new study has found. Dan Wright and his colleague at Sussex University's department of psychology found that women were much better at...