Fury over £15m arms shares
Pressure to disinvest mounts as universities are named and shamed in arms trade asset revelations. Jessica Shepherd reports. Universities are facing mounting pressure from academics and students to...
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College powers may spawn universities
Government plans to allow further education colleges to award foundation degrees could lead to the creation of a new batch of universities, it was predicted this week. Proposals for legislation that...
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Guidance on campus extremists draws fire
The Government's guidelines on tackling violent extremism on campus have been strongly criticised by academics despite being "toned down" after uproar over an earlier draft of the document leaked to...
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Next week
Wrong Answer How the Government treats scientists and research that it does not like Plus: Special Finland supplement
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US firm to set up UK for-profit institution
An American company is to apply for degree-awarding powers, reports Alan Thomson. The first for-profit university could be established in the UK if a major American education company is successful in...
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Cambridge reform plan criticised by academics
Academics at Cambridge University claim that senior managers are quietly trying to implement governance reforms similar to those that have created such a storm at Oxford University. Vice-chancellor...
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Profs attack managers
A leaked letter says the future of Middlesex University is under threat. Phil Baty reports. Managers accused of 'eroding the academic fabric of the institution' Professors call on governors 'to...
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Cash call rejected
Calls from a Welsh Assembly committee for a cash injection to support a radical shake-up of the way science is funded and co-ordinated in Wales have been rejected by the Welsh Assembly Government....
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Leeds Met holds its fee
Leeds Metropolitan University is to hold undergraduate tuition fees at Pounds 2,000 for full-time home students in 2007, its governors decided this week. The decision to continue with the lower...
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4,000 places go to East
Anglia Ruskin University has been given a £20 million grant to increase the East of England's higher education provision by up to 4,000 places. Two new higher education centres will be opened, one in...
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Met Police hunt grads
Scotland Yard - London's biggest employer - has launched a recruitment drive at six of the capital's universities. Graduates recruited to the Metropolitan Police will be fast-tracked. London...
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Library upgrade
De Montfort University is investing £1.7 million to transform its main Kimberlin Library into a 24-hour "state-of-the-art learning zone". It has made provision for wireless internet access, and it...
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You'll go far if you can show some emotion
Intelligence alone is not enough for a successful career. Research shows that equipping staff with good interpersonal skills can help them cope with the stresses of work. Anthea Lipsett reports....
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Glittering evening for gold standard
The great and the good turned up at The Times Higher Awards to hear this year's verdict. Alan Thomson joined them in a toast to excellence The winners had the X-factor and the guests enjoyed the wow-...
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Baghdad
Unesco Director-General Koichiro Matsuura has appealed for the release of dozens of people kidnapped from Iraq's Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. But a week after the incident,...