Governors have explored the legal scenarios if London Met goes bust
Advice has been delivered on positions under corporate insolvency law. Melanie Newman writes
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The cost of the credit crunch mounts: a round-up of university budget-cutting efforts
The vice-chancellor of the University of Surrey has blamed a "perverse" research assessment exercise result for forcing him to make 65 job cuts. The university is to implement a voluntary severance...
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Bottom line: universities are still not completely engaged
Hannah Fearn reports on the hopes and fears raised at Times Higher's Employer Engagement conference"They face each other across the divide rather like young lovers, with a mixture of fascination and...
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Thumbs down for skills-agenda qualifications
The Government's skills agenda is encouraging employers to put their staff through a series of useless vocational qualifications.This is the verdict of a new book by researchers led by Lorna Unwin,...
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News in brief
Economics teachingThe True value of sharingThe teaching materials of economics experts will be pooled as part of a project led by Nottingham Trent University. Fourteen specialist teaching and...
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Claim for unfair dismissal fails
Appeal tribunal rejects case of scholar who quit after exam marks were changed. Melanie Newman writes
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Denham rejects calls to turn QAA into universities' Ofsted
Minister defends agency's work but admits there is room for improvement, writes Rebecca Attwood
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Original features
The Aberystwyth Arts Centre, the largest in Wales, is already one of the leading venues for contemporary arts and culture in the UK.This week sees the official opening of a major new project: eight...
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Students force U-turn over cuts to law lectures
Students at the University of Manchester have forced its School of Law into a U-turn over plans to reduce lecture hours.Protesters backed by the University of Manchester Students' Union staged a sit-...
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Few complaints justified, but some are mishandled
OIA sees cases of internal rules being broken but also lots of 'good work'. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Daytime TV: Fighting talk
Gary Day watches Michael Portillo learn about violence, but is baffled by his lack of self-knowledge
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What beliefs are protected under the Religion or Belief Regulations?
The Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations were amended in 2007 to prohibit direct and indirect discrimination, harassment and victimisation on the grounds of any religion or belief. “...
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Top European institutions in clinical medicine
Data provided by Thomson Reuters’ Essential Science Indicators database, 1 January 1998-31 December 2008
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Out of the ordinary
All of us on the editorial team of The Poppletonian are so fascinated by Off Piste, the fortnightly series in ߣߣÊÓƵ in which academics step outside their area of expertise, that we'...
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The trouble with tables
As they stand, university rankings do not make sense, says Alan Ryan