Leeds Met tops first UK green rankings
Universities are ranked according to their environmental performance for the first time in a new "green" league table. Published exclusively in The Times Higher to coincide with World Environment Day...
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Boycott backlash begins
Overseas condemnation of Britain and spectre of sanctions looms. Nathan Jeffay and Melanie Newman report UK academics faced an unprecedented backlash this week as a threatened boycott of Israeli...
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'To be attacked is a sign that you are doing something to change the world'
A Sunderland University academic speaks out for her award-winning work combating homophobia in schools. A pioneering academic at Sunderland University has won a major international award for her work...
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On the move...
* Dave Delpy , vice-provost for research at University College London, has been appointed chief executive and deputy chair of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. John Armitt ,...
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Computing hit by low take-up
Academics face redundancy as former boom subject fails to attract new students. Chloe Stothart reports Redundancies are looming as the once booming field of computer science shows signs of bust, with...
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Masons shake on new effort to sign up students
The Freemasons have set up a scheme to recruit more university staff and students, writes Chloe Stothart. Under the scheme, Masonic lodges in Bath, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Durham, Exeter,...
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Sustainability award energised St Andrews
Winning a Times Higher award is often a matter of years of hard work coming together at just the right time. When St Andrews University won our first award for Outstanding Contribution to Sustainable...
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Next week
Foreign service. The internationalisation of UK academe PLUS Will rejecting materialism make us happier?
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Teesside expands
Teesside University is going for growth by investing £2 million to recruit 51 new staff, including 25 academics in posts ranging from lecturer to professor. The posts, which are advertised in this...
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Union attacks job cuts
The lecturers' union at Cardiff University this week criticised plans to make 20 academics redundant in response to funding shortfalls in the university's Business School, education unit, School of...
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'Gaps' in Islam studies
The Higher Education Funding Council for England is earmarking £1 million to tackle "gaps" in the teaching and research of Islamic studies, which was this week designated a "strategically important"...
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MRC eyes biomarkers
The Medical Research Council has launched £17 million worth of projects designed to explore the indicators of disease known as biomarkers. Colin Blakemore, chief executive of the MRC, said: "We've...
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Risky business
The Government's plans to move towards employer-led degrees pose risks for higher education, according to a report from an education think-tank. The Higher Education Policy Institute said that...
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Champion fighting the rise of 'doctor factories'
Professor Sir John Tooke has been thrust into the heart of a fundamental debate about the direction and nature of UK higher education. As dean of the Peninsula Medical School in Plymouth, Sir John is...
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200 scientists join forces
Huge cross-discipline gene study leads to breakthroughs and calls for more collaborations, Olga Wojtas writes. This week sees the publication of the results of the £9 million Wellcome Trust Case...