The Treasury this week refused to reveal the thinking behind its proposals to move to a metrics system for assessing research and getting rid of the 2008 RAE. Officials rejected a Times Higher...
The vice-chancellor of Sussex University who is embroiled in a row with his staff has been chosen to head the employers' negotiating body in the crucial period following the higher education pay...
Diana Green has announced that she will retire as vice-chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University in July 2007. Professor Green will have served for nine years.
Anglia Ruskin University has appointed Michael Thorne vice-chancellor. He will take up the post next January. Professor Thorne, currently vice-chancellor of the University of East London, will...
Chris Carr, chief executive and principal of St Martin's College, will become vice-chancellor of the new Cumbria University from August 1, 2007.
John O'Reilly has been appointed vice-chancellor of Cranfield University from January 2007. Professor O'Reilly, currentlyJchief executive of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council,...
The number of job vacancies for graduates are the highest since 1995, up 16.7 per cent on last year, according to the latest survey by the Association of Graduate Recruiters. The annual AGR Graduate...
Academics teaching languages should ditch traditional learning models, delegates heard at a languages in higher education conference this week. Mike Kelly, director of the Subject Centre for...
Leeds University has announced that Russian and Slavonic studies lecturer Frank Ellis has taken early retirement. Dr Ellis was suspended on March 23 following remarks that the university considered...
Academics at Leicester University dressed up as characters from the Harry Potter books for an open day designed to spark children's interest in chemistry.
Some specialist institutions such as art schools and music conservatoires have been largely ignoring the extensive guidance produced by quality watchdogs without seriously compromising their academic...
The academic reputation of a university is more important to foreign undergraduates than drinking or social clubs, finds Jessica Shepherd Which of your students are more likely to be found in the...
Many young men assume they are too laddish, lazy and disorganised to go to university, a study suggests, writes Jessica Shepherd. According to a recent survey, they believe that university life...
Ditch your assumptions, says Anna Fazackerley, the UK has a lot to shout about when it comes to early career researchers, and there's not a comfy shoe in sight Higher Hopes We all know the stereotype...
The Middle East Studies Association and the American Association of University Professors have accused the Government of Iraq of doing little to ensure the safety of academics and have claimed that a...