Crewe to step down
Sir Ivor Crewe has said that he will stand down as vice-chancellor of Essex University in September next year. He has held the post since 1995 and has overseen expansion of the student population...
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US scoops Nobels
The US swept the board for Nobel prizes awarded this week. John Mather of the Nasa Goddard Space Flight Centre in Maryland and George Smoot of the University of California, Berkeley, share the £720,...
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Correction
Lancaster University's average salary is £36,621, not the £21,686 reported by the Higher Education Statistics Agency in last week's pay table.
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North East merger still on cards, insist v-cs
Several heads forecast a Durham-Newcastle research superpower, Anna Fazackerley reports Vice-chancellors are predicting that Durham and Newcastle universities may revisit plans to merge, creating a...
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Student anger as Reading drops physics
Angry students at Reading University criticised senior management this week for abandoning a commitment to keep physics open, writes Anna Fazackerley. The university announced last week that it was...
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Research councils lay their performance open to scrutiny
The research councils demonstrated their value for money this week in the first annual report of their performance published by the Office of Science and Innovation, writes Anthea Lipsett. All eight...
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Post-92s slam 'very biased' RAE successor
New universities rejected the Government's proposals to replace the research assessment exercise this week, claiming that the metrics models put forward would damage new researchers and emerging...
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Poll finds 81% pan switch to metrics
University and College Union uncovers little confidence in the Government's RAE replacement. Phil Baty reports More than eight out of ten academics oppose the Government's plans to replace the...
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'Obsolete' networks pose handicap for academic research, warns report
Almost a third of UK universities have computer networks so old that consultants have labelled them "obsolete", writes Jessica Shepherd. Consultants found evidence of computers up to 15 years out of...
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Data no help in campaign for better pay
Researchers find academic salaries compare favourably with other professions, writes Jessica Shepherd Academics earn more per hour than most other highly qualified workers, but they put in more...
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Canterbury plans £40m spend to build on 'university' title
Canterbury Christ Church University has announced a £40 million development plan intended to "secure its reputation" after obtaining the coveted university title last year. The Christian institution...
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Hearken to the Beat of the new Scots emperor
At first glance, Beat poetry and the task of raising £350 million for Edinburgh University have nothing to do with each other. But both are close to the heart of Young Dawkins III, Edinburgh's new...
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Johnson promises sector a freer rein
Claire Sanders reports from the Conservative Party conference in Bournemouth Shadow Higher Education Minister Boris Johnson promised universities more autonomy under a Conservative Government and...
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Ancient influence on innovation
Claire Sanders reports from the Conservative Party conference in Bournemouth A leading Tory academic is playing a prominent role in a think-tank that is aiming to raise the profile of higher...
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Lunch with Boris: sceptical Tories and no Jamie Oliver
Claire Sanders reports from the Conservative Party conference in Bournemouth Poor Boris. Followed to every fringe event by a peculiar combination of Tory ladies and hacks, he was bound to come a...