Website closes after Hesa withholds data
A website that branded named universities "rubbish" and "shocking" on the basis of data on staff-to-student ratios has been shut after its owners were refused access to official statistics....
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Loose lips sink staff relationships
Academic under threat of redundancy records manager laughing while discussing dispute, writes John Gill
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The Week in Higher Education
The fall-out over academics' complaints that their research at the British Library is being hampered by the decision to admit undergraduate students continued in the pages of the Evening Standard on...
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Labs face the threat of infiltration by extremists
Universities warned that anti-research campaigners could attack from within. Chloe Stothart reports
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Rejected mature student could bring bias case
The University of East Anglia is facing legal action for alleged indirect sex and age discrimination over an entry requirement for academic study within the past three years.Arabella Beckett, a 31-...
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MPs decry government influence on budgets
An influential committee of backbench MPs has criticised the Government for "interfering" unduly in how the seven UK research councils spend their money.In a wide-ranging report on the research...
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AHRC to rethink project funding
Chief executive Philip Esler to advise a refocusing on collaborative research. Zoe Corbyn reports
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Leitch: skills agenda is not 'utilitarian'
Demand-led provision is flexible, not 'Benthamite', review leader tells MPs. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Shadow minister accuses Government of myopia
The Government's "short-sighted and blinkered" approach to widening access explains its failure to improve university participation among the working classes, the Conservative Shadow Minister for...
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Into founder says his private capital supports public work
'Old-school Blairite' defends company's English-language courses. Melanie Newman reports
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Skills training is gaining ground
More work placements are making graduates more employable, says QAA. Rebecca Attwood reports
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20 years ago
Debt collectors may not be the most popular people in the world but those employed to gather in delinquent loan repayments from American students seem to be happy in their work. Last week, the latest...
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News in brief
International studentsLondon tops destination listLondon is still the number one choice for international students, according to an organisation representing the city's universities. It hosted 89,955...
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Writing by backlight
Tara Brabazon challenges her students to break from their reliance on Google and read Poulantzas in the original