Battle for grants gets fierce as more join the fray
Research councils see a rise in applications but fewer candidates are successful, writes Zoe Corbyn
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Lecturers make the shortlist for erotic honours
An award scheme set up to honour stars of the erotic universe has a new category - for academics.Each year, judges of the Erotic Awards set out on a quest to find the nation's best striptease artist...
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Tribunal backs professor's stand
Academic vindicated over decision to fail 'knuckle-draggingly thick' students. Phil Baty reports
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The Week in Higher Education
- The news that this year's A-level results were yet another record-breaking crop left newspapers in statistical heaven on 14 August. "One in seven gets three As at A level," said the Daily Mail. "...
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Independents claim lion's share of top achievers
Number of A-grade students is rising more slowly in comprehensives. Rebecca Attwood reports
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University of year sees courses oversubscribed
The University of Exeter is sticking to its offers to the letter after an unexpected rise in acceptances left its courses oversubscribed.Exeter, which won ߣߣÊÓƵ's University of the...
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North-South regeneration proposal greeted with tirade of obscenities
Report author accused of being paedophile - and advised to go to Specsavers. Chloe Stothart reports
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Christian foundation embraces non-believers
Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU) is reviewing references to its Christian ethos and foundation on promotional materials. A new position statement on religion and belief also recommends...
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Top 20 secure nearly two thirds of research funds while others are left with nothing
Oxbridge leads the pack while Teesside's applications all met with failure. Zoe Corbyn analyses findings
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Second challenge to v-c suspension
Lay governor says his proposal to reinstate UEL head was rejected, reports Melanie Newman
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Learning from the future
It's time to start exchanging gifts and sharing cultures with the digital natives who are our students, says Fintan Culwin
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The Gallic exception: it is time for a giraffe of a system to evolve
Developed along idiosyncratic lines since the age of Napoleon, France's universities must embrace globalisation, Zoe McKenzie says
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Top nations in engineering based on impact
Top nations in engineering based on impactRankCountry Papers CitationsCitations per paper1Denmark4,186 25,406 6.072 Switzerland9,711 57,980 5.973 Belgium8,358 43,289 5.184 Sweden9,948 50,148 5.045...
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The magic of face-to-face teaching
The spark of connection between lecturers and students cannot be duplicated, although digitisation has its place in preserving special, life-changing lectures
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Negotiating the termination of employment - when does the dismissal take effect?
It is not uncommon for an employer and an employee to agree to part company on mutually agreed terms.