Calling all moguls
Experts in entrepreneurship are being invited to attend the first International Entrepreneurship Educators Conference, held in York from September 11 to 13. The conference is open to all educators of...
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Spin-off winners sought
Margaret Hodge, Minister for Industry and the Regions, has backed a competition to find the most enterprising university staff and students in the North East of England. Blueprint, the North-East...
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Golden diamond shines at raking in research riches
Heavyweight universities dominate The Times Higher 's table of funding award winners but, reports Anthea Lipsett, there are a few surprises The concentration of public research funding in the...
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Edinburgh management and union forge unique alliance to address fixed-term contracts
Edinburgh University, which has some 1,000 researchers on fixed-term contracts, has broken new ground by agreeing a partnership project with the three campus unions to manage their move to permanent...
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Grant bids see mixed results
The latest official figures for success rates for research council grant applications reveal varied fortunes for researchers. While researchers in some fields have benefited from improved chances of...
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Blame piled on managers
Staff complain of control culture among those at the top, Jessica Shepherd reports Lecturers blame a perceived decline in academic freedom on moves to establish a "management culture" in universities...
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Vader's telepathic link to his stomach
It's sweltering in the Manchester University psychology department office and I am about to get kitted out like Darth Vader. First, I pull on the black "data glove" with electronic sensors along the...
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Poor less likely to study for PhD
A career in academe may become the preserve of the rich, research suggests. Mark Rodgers reports Future academics are likely to come predominantly from wealthy backgrounds as fear of debt deters...
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Inside track...
Our occasional column keeps you abreast of developments in the jobs market, from tip-offs and career pointers to who's on the up in your field POACHING TOP TALENT Six months after luring top-rated...
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Over 15% of trainee teachers founder
Oxford boasts success as 37.8% fail at Greenwich, reports Olga Wojtas More than a quarter of would-be secondary teachers fail to qualify at some universities, according to teacher training league...
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From books to bytes
Rarely displayed early 15th-century medieval French manuscripts will be displayed alongside one another for the first time as part of a project at Sheffield University to develop innovative ways of...
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Timetable could limit race attacks
Academics could play a role in preventing racist attacks by rescheduling lectures to avoid students being isolated as they travel to and from university, suggests research, writes Olga Wojtas. A...
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Judge us on 'accessibility', say social policy experts
Researchers in social policy have sent a clear message to referees of the 2008 research assessment exercise that their work should be judged primarily on how accessible it is, not on which journal it...
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Lib Dem fees u-turn on cards
Tax rejig could prompt a rethink on higher education policy- but not in Scotland New Liberal Democrats' tax policies could mean an end to their opposition to tuition fees, senior party members said...
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Scots stand firm against charging for tuition
Scottish Liberal Democrats could soon find themselves at odds with their English colleagues over tuition fees. As party leaders in Westminster consider dropping their anti-tuition fees policy,...