Academics lose majority on Cambridge council
Proposals to double the number of outsiders on the University of Cambridge's governing council were voted through this week.The academics, college heads and senior university officers who make up the...
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Accurately target foreign students or lose, sector told
Conference hears that the right pitch is key in luring demanding overseas 'consumers'. John Gill reports
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Overseas briefing
CANADASTUDENT 'PLAGIARISED' VIA FACEBOOKA debate about plagiarism and collusion has arisen after a Canadian student was accused of cheating via Facebook. A first-year computer engineering student at...
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EU technology institute approved
European Parliament agrees the future of a continental equivalent to MIT. Zoe Corbyn reports
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Former rebel vows to make voting 'trendy' among young
Chairman of new Whitehall citizenship body hopes to make politics matter to teens. John Gill reports
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Red-tape burden cut for research grant-winners
Councils' plan to cut paperwork raises questions over accountability. Zoe Corbyn reports
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EPSRC cuts to blue-skies funding raise concern
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has confirmed that funding for curiosity-driven research is to be reduced by as much as 15 per cent."Within our fixed budget we ... anticipate a...
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Part-time employees
Since 1 July 2000 and the introduction of the Part Time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations, part-time workers have had the right not to be treated less favourably than...
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Our V-C Tops the League
League tables haven't always favoured our university, but hats were thrown in the air last week when the news came through that our vice-chancellor topped the 2006-07 annual salaries table. His...
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End this mass delusion
Alan Ryan suggests Mr Denham revisit an example of quality and opportunity
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Leader: Sharing a banquet of knowledge
There is no single recipe for successful cross-disciplinary centres. Lunch, however, seems to be an essential ingredient
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Walter Spear, 1921-2008
Walter Spear, whose work laid the foundations for a key part of today's multibillion-pound photovoltaic industry, died on 21 February, aged 87. His pioneering research in thin film, large area...
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Rights and wrongs of university pay points 1
The danger of making pay comparisons over time ("How much are you worth?", 13 March) is highlighted in my own career.I was appointed to a foundation social science chair at the University of...
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Rights and wrongs of university pay points 2
The correct salary figure for Geoff Whitty, director of the Institute of Education, should be £193,826. This excludes a refund of pension contributions made following an earlier overpayment of...
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Rights and wrongs of university pay points 3
The figure provided by the Higher Education Statistics Agency for the pay of senior lecturers/lecturers does not reflect the true position at the University of Oxford because it does not include...