The three-year funding allocation for teaching infrastructure announced this week falls £400 million short of sums recommended by a report prepared for the funding council itself.The Higher Education...
National teaching-skills body has yet to prove its worth, say some v-cs. Rebecca Attwood reports.
- The debate about "McQualifications", started by the announcement last week that fast-food giant McDonald's had won official "awarding body" status for national qualifications, kept rumbling this...
Senior academics predict a boom in manipulation of citations under new system. Zoe Corbyn reports.
Review praises 'substantial' good practice despite limited resources. Rebecca Attwood reports.
A political science professor convicted in Turkey of insulting the founder of the Turkish republic says his country will never be civilised unless it makes freedom of expression sacrosanct.Atilla...
Russell Group institutions have neglected students, Manchester's Gilbert admits. Tony Tysome reports.
Academics at the University of Manchester are facing restrictions on access to their research funds.Until recently, staff have had control over their individual reserve accounts, which are worth...
University and College Union branches, including the two largest in the UK, are recommending that members reject proposals for the reform of national pay bargaining.The Open University's UCU branch...
Study was based on manipulation, say protesters. Zoe Corbyn reports.
Delay to planning permission for works at Senate House slows progress, writes Rebecca Attwood.
The research council for engineering and physical sciences has joined the list of councils to confirm a cut in research grants.The Engineering and Physical Science Research Council has warned that...
A deal to save solar terrestrial physics, the branch of science that studies "space weather", could be on the cards, according to one of Parliament's leading science campaigners.The Science and...
Tried and tested teaching methods are not always suitable for talented young students who feel they know it all. An early start in research may be the answer