Universities ‘threatening to dock pay’ over boycott
Lecturers who take part in a proposed marking boycott later this month could have 100 per cent of their pay docked, universities have warned.

Lecturers who take part in a proposed marking boycott later this month could have 100 per cent of their pay docked, universities have warned.

Richard Hoggart, one of the most admired and influential academics of his generation, has died aged 95.

Four-fifths of institutions fail to release details on how v-c salary was set

Matter referred back to university council ‘for further discussion’

House of Lords committee calls for ‘proportionate’ checks on students

University of Huddersfield vice-chancellor Bob Cryan addresses delegates at the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education’s Stimulating Talks event, which took place on 24 March 2014 at the Royal...

Labour says it wants more international students to come to the UK and would consider not including students in the same targets as other migrants.

Download the podcastThe future of the Higher Education Academy, using medical records in university research, and expanding the research excellence framework beyond the UK are all discussed in this...

The minister hopes to sink his teeth into higher education but his political stock is falling, argues Christopher Prendergast

Archie Brown on lessons for universities from political leadership

Ferdinand von Prondzynski ponders possible outcomes should Scotland opt for independence

Research areas championed by government dismissed as poor investments by technology expert

Strength reassessment - Lessons for universities from political leadership

A leading contributor to our understanding of evolution, population genetics and the formation of species has died

We speak to the Speaker of the House of Commons and chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire