Differential pay is given green light
Universities have been given the go-ahead to introduce differential pay for academics. The change was announced in the government's national science strategy, Investing in Innovation, which was...
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Arts enjoy rise in status with promise of own research council
Arts and humanities subjects are to get their own research council and should share in the funding available to science, according to a review led by the Department for Education and Skills, writes...
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Finance is favourite recruiter
Companies in audit, consulting and financial services are the most popular graduate recruiters this year, according to student organisation AIESC UK. The only other category to make the top 25 rated...
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Cambridge cool over top-up fees
Malcolm Grant, tipped by some to be Cambridge University's next vice-chancellor, has distanced himself from higher tuition fees as a solution to Cambridge's projected £11 million deficit. As support...
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Queen to judge in design row
A rising star of haute couture will ask the Queen to adjudicate on claims that his career has been damaged by unfair treatment at the hands of a top design college, writes Phil Baty. Jan Bertelsen,...
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'AS-level pupils are under too much work pressure'
Researchers have told the government to look again at AS levels because pupils are overwhelmed by work. The message comes after a two-year nationwide survey of AS levels by a research team led by...
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Key-skills drive may put study in shade
Undergraduate learning could be impaired by the growing pressure on universities to improve graduate employability, according to findings from the "Skills plus" project. The project, which involved...
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Analysis: Bring lost boys back from Neverland
Young white males are the group least likely to enter higher education the NAO says, but some think the data are skewed. Government watchdogs have stood by a report that concludes that white young...
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Whistleblowers: Staff halt £1,000-a-day job for Oxford scholar
Lecturers have condemned an attempt by Goldsmiths College to find a £1,000-a-day job for the Oxford politics don Vernon Bogdanor. Professor Bogdanor's proposed appointment as visiting professor at...
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Red tape strangling staff, says No 10
University staff are being stifled and demotivated by government-driven micromanagement that could damage the international reputation of British higher education, a government task force has warned...
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Findings: Lichen's global warming story
Humble lichens have long been silent witnesses to humankind's impact on the environment. Now for the first time scientists have coaxed these organisms into revealing the extent to which climate...
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Findings: Water threat to infants
Scientists have found a significant association between the use of chlorine dioxide as a disinfectant in the domestic water supply and the incidence of severe congenital heart defects in infants,...
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NHS to offer bursary for BSc
The National Health Service is offering student bursaries and providing salaried placement years for degrees, signalling a new government strategy to plug healthcare skills gaps. The NHS is to...
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Stress hits half Down Under
Half of Australia's academics are at risk of psychological illness as a result of extreme stress and over-work, a national survey has said. In the survey, staff reported a variety of health problems...
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Down-to-earth scientist looks for life on Mars
When Scott McLennan began his academic career delving into the history of the earth's surface, he never thought he would eventually be joining a Nasa Mars mission. Now Professor McLennan, from the...