Policy project 'flawed'
A multi-million pound research project used to inform government policy is "low-level, flawed, and of little or no validity", a senior researcher responsible for the work has said. The research by...
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Lecturer sacked for Fraud Squad revelation
Crickdale College sacked business studies lecturer Andrew Murray this week. Mr Murray blew the whistle on the college's Pounds 1 million plus debt and a Fraud Squad visit. The college blames his...
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Commission resists takeover bid
The Museums and Galleries Commission has rejected government proposals that it should merge with the Libraries and Information Commission to form a single body to represent the interests of the two...
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Libraries join to cut price of journals
University libraries in the United Kingdom and United States have joined forces in a novel electronic publishing scheme that will offer peer-reviewed academic journals at a fraction of the price...
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Pounds 150,000 pledged for research careers
The Office of Science and Technology has backed a report on improving terms and conditions for non-permanent research staff with Pounds 150,000 for projects to improve career guidance. The report...
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Living history
(Photograph) - Aberdeen University served up a taste of the past during its history department's "living history day" on war and rebellion in Scotland. Historical re-enactment groups, the Sealed Knot...
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In the news
Baron Neill of Bladen of Briantspuddle in Dorset, 72, has the kind of background which gives him the confidence to put the Prime Minister right on his first day in a new job. His reputation as "...
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Glittering prizes
Viscount Ridley will be retiring as chancellor of the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in December. A special honorary degree congregation in his honour will confer honorary doctorates of civil law...
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On the move
Nicky-Sinead Gardner, former director of educational services and university librarian at the University of Ulster and an expert on the use of information technology in higher education, will join...
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Don's diary
Wednesday I found out that my mother had breast cancer by overhearing a conversation between a relative and a neighbour. I was nine. She had a mastectomy and I became used to seeing her prostheses (...
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Unesco takes 'new way'
The biggest international gathering on higher education ever took place in Paris last week. David Jobbins reports on how participants saw their role Unesco's 182-member nations - and the United...
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Swedes' image tarnished on sex equality
The biggest international gathering on higher education ever took place in Paris last week. David Jobbins reports on how participants saw their role Sweden, regarded as a model for sexual equality,...
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Comenius medals awarded
The biggest international gathering on higher education ever took place in Paris last week. David Jobbins reports on how participants saw their role Burton Clark, professor emeritus of education and...
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Lecturers fight for freedom
The biggest international gathering on higher education ever took place in Paris last week. David Jobbins reports on how participants saw their role Leaders of lecturers' professional organisations...
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Students battle on fee front
The biggest international gathering on higher education ever took place in Paris last week. David Jobbins reports on how participants saw their role While the plenary sessions were monopolised by...