Scots post-92s moot federation
V-cs believe a focused collaboration will enhance research and course options. Olga Wojtas reports
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The week in higher education
The renaming of a Cambridge college after benefactors who donated £30 million has elicited an angry letter from a former student that has been signed by another 66 alumni. The graduates, including...
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Speculation rife over UEL v-c departure
Staff perplexed as Martin Everett put on 'indefinite leave' without explanation, says Melanie Newman
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Practical hurdles hinder introduction of PQA
Many barriers remain to the introduction of a system in which students would apply to university after they get their exam results, according to a report this week.Postqualification applications...
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Peer review must be at the heart of REF, expert says
Hepi head fears that assessment based on metrics could lead to legal challenges. John Gill reports
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Super microscope and sensors scoop cash
Research examining how economic, social and biological factors combine to explain human behaviour, and new technology to map magnetic fields across the universe, are among projects to be funded with...
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Pocket(book)s of resistance
The titles of the Open Media Series help lift Tara Brabazon above the daily grind and remind her of the need to question conventional wisdom and fight injustice
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I have heard that employees may soon have a statutory right to request time off for training? Is this true and how will it work?
The Time to Train consultation document was published last month by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS). It contains a proposal to allow employees who have 26 weeks’ service...
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Top countries in sciences and social sciences based on impact
Data provided by Thomson Scientific from its Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 1998–30 April 2008
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Stress Levels Fall!
New research into stress levels at our university shows that 97.24 per cent of academics "very strongly agree" that their job is "very stressful". This is a decline of 0.2 per cent on last year's...
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We're all colleagues
The wasteful technician-academic divide needs to end, says Sally Feldman
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Off Piste: One tongue, very tied
In decades of linguinsania, Deirdre McCloskey has tried to learn a second language - everything from French, Greek and Latin to German, Scots Gaelic and Sanskrit - with no success. But she's still...
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Leader: High road, low road, cul-de-sac
The SNP wants applied research to drive the Scottish economy. Can universities deliver without more money or a loss of quality?
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Michael Marland, 1934-2008
Michael Marland, the author of a much-loved 1970s "survival guide" to secondary-school teaching, died of cancer on 3 July at the age of 73.Professor Marland, honorary professor of education at the...