Original features
Horace Walpole - son of Britain's first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole - bought a modest cottage in Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, in 1747. He doubled its size, added towers and battlements, and...
Search
-
-
Gloucestershire must save £5 million over two years
V-c says staff costs must be cut; UCU blames poor management for crisis. Melanie Newman reports
-
Swansea staff demand rethink of cuts in light of healthy RAE payout
Plans to deliver 3 per cent surplus were formed before big funding award, writes Melanie Newman
-
Heriot-Watt's failure to consult 'against the law'
The University and College Union at Heriot-Watt University has accused managers of breaking employment law by warning individual members of staff that they are at risk of compulsory redundancy ahead...
-
Jobs threatened at three universities
Eighty staff at Thames Valley University have already agreed to leave under a voluntary severance scheme introduced last year, but the university said further savings are required. "A targeted...
-
Overseas briefing
United StatesMeasures of successAcademics must seize the initiative by showing how success should be measured in higher education, an American expert on accreditation has said. Judith Eaton,...
-
Nordic pair eye a slice of rich markets overseas abroad market
Finland and Sweden plan to cash in by charging non-EU students for tuition, writes Will Sillitoe
-
Throw in a dash of politics
Political scientists and others new to energy research are being sought to help shape policy, writes Zoë Corbyn
-
Grant winners
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCILThirteen projects will share more than £300,000 under the Science and Heritage Research Clusters Scheme. The other winners were listed last week.Award winner: A.M...
-
Only the genuine will pass
New immigration rules will defend the sector's reputation by sifting out bogus students and institutions, says Phil Woolas
-
How is denying people a life-changing second chance in any way fair?
Through lifelong learning cuts, the Government's ELQ policy hurts those who most need access and opportunity, says Tom Sperlinger
-
Let's say what we mean
Dissemination is not enough; communication is the goal - and that requires us to drop the jargon, argues Sally Taylor
-
Field rankings for Italy
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators database, 1998-2008
-
The week in higher education
The choice of President Barack Obama to deliver a graduation address at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, a Catholic institution, has provoked a "furious reaction from Church leaders", The Daily...
-
Business links boost coffers by £10.3bn
But report claims some scholars fear third-stream activity has gone too far, writes Hannah Fearn