Lords enter the fray on second degrees
Pressure was mounting on the Government this week to reconsider the £100 million cut in funding for students studying for second degrees as an influential committee of MPs announced an inquiry into...
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Wales saved from £14m funding hole
Wales would have lost almost a quarter of its research funding if the UK's devolved nations had been competing equally in the last research assessment exercise, according to two Dundee University...
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'Sad day for physics' as funding is decimated
Budget cuts will mean cancellation of projects and 'significant loss of staff' in Scotland. Melanie Newman reports. The Science and Technology Facilities Council confirmed a package of funding cuts...
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Major fillip for research
The Government is to channel £1.3 billion into four research areas that it thinks represent the biggest challenges facing the nation, writes Melanie Newman. The investment in researching climate...
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Call to revive in vivo training
Medical schools should be granted a special licence to carry out experiments on animals as part of a series of measures to improve the teaching of basic science to their students, the Biosciences...
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Scottish deficit predicted as staff salary deal bites
Universities Scotland warns of £40m shortfall in wake of funding settlement. Tariq Tahir reports. Meeting the staff pay bill will help drive Scottish universities into a £40 million deficit for next...
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Welsh amity appeals to overseas students
Wales has recorded the UK higher education sector's largest increase in international student numbers - and universities in the principality are planning to expand their share of the lucrative market...
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UK gold for post-degree work
The UK has more top-rated university departments than any other country in Europe, according to a new league table designed to help European students find the best places to undertake postgraduate...
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Hepi has 'doubt' over citations
Citations don't measure quality, but they could still form part of a revamped research funding system says think-tank. Zoe Corbyn reports. The quality of academics' research cannot be judged on the...
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UK cold on EU's charter
UK universities and research organisations are not likely to sign up to a voluntary agreement aimed at giving European researchers stronger working rights, despite pressure from the European...
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Chronicles from beyond the grave
The "glittering achievements and charmed lives" of the 20th century's academic elite have been laid bare this week in a study of recent obituaries entitled Dead Academics . The author of the research...
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Dearing looks beyond skills
Universities must "hold a mirror up to society" in the drive to sustain it as democratic, civilised and inclusive, Lord Dearing has said, writes John Gill. The author of the influential 1997 review...
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Postgrads crave more stimulation
Survey reveals very positive experience despite complaints about poor 'intellectual climate'. John Gill reports. Postgraduate research students have given a ringing endorsement to their experience,...
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Lecturers with PhDs 'overqualified' for job
New entrants' research expertise could be redundant as they are pushed into teaching-only posts. John Gill reports. The PhD - seen as a foundation for an academic career - is becoming redundant for...
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GuildHE: we can out-teach Oxbridge
Look out Oxbridge: the colleges of higher education and small specialist institutions in the GuildHE group can offer better teaching than Oxford and Cambridge universities, the group's new chair...