'Flawed plans' rapped by Hepi
Proposals for a metrics-based system to replace the research assessment exercise are contradictory and lack evidence, according to the Higher Education Policy Institute, writes Anthea Lipsett. The...
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3-rated could win £16m hike
The Government's metrics system threatens to turn funding policy on its head, with top-rated departments facing cuts and bottom-rated departments reaping rewards, big research institutions said this...
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Prestigious medical journal fights to save reputation
A high-ranking Canadian medical journal that had been rocked by senior-level firings, mass resignations and international criticism is struggling to rebuild its reputation. But Amir Attaran, a member...
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A boost for early credits
High school students are being encouraged to take university-level courses to improve US science, says Jon Marcus Increasing numbers of US youngsters are enrolling in university-level classes while...
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Nigeria lures lecturers out of retirement
Many of Nigeria's retired academics are going back into the lecture theatre because of a shortage of lecturers in the increasing number of private universities. Since private institutions were...
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Vienna gives tax rebate for research
Universities in the Austrian capital are to get a €1.3 million (£890,000) a year tax windfall to help fund research and development. The money will come in the form of a rebate from the property...
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Ceasefire brings hope to staff at risk of Eta attack
Academics who have lived under threat from Basque separatist group Eta have grown cautiously optimistic since the announcement of a ceasefire in March, writes Rebecca Warden in Barcelona. They hope...
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Germany faces science crisis
Germany has Europe's lowest proportion of university-educated qualified professionals in science and engineering in the 25-34 age group, according to Eurostat, the European Union statistical agency....
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Decline in IT forces teaching job cuts
ߣߣÊÓƵn institutions are downsizing as enrolments slide, writes Geoff Maslen Hundreds of academics have lost their jobs teaching information technology courses at ߣߣÊÓƵ's universities after a...
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The best deal possible, but our work is not done
The national pay deal is a small step, but Sally Hunt pledges to keep seeking more respect for academic staff Contrary to reports in last week's Times Higher , the decision to ballot union members on...
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Colin Barker: Pro-Test, anti-complexity
LAURIE PYCROFT: THE MAKING OF A TEENAGE PROTESTER Channel 4 Sixteen-year-old Laurie Pycroft initiated Pro-Test, a movement to defend Oxford University's new animal laboratories against animal-rights...
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The grape escape
Hard times at All Souls: it was bad enough for the Oxford University college having to turn down a bequest rather than move its Christopher Wren sundial, but worse was to come. Someone has been at...
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Mark their words
So much for delays for finalists this year. Peep's understands that students can discover their degree results ahead of time by looking on Birmingham University's intranet. A somewhat fraught e-mail...
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Paris council
Edinburgh University has devised a cunning plan to ensure record attendance at its general council meeting - relocate to Paris. Staff and students will mull over the last meeting's minutes at the...
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Who's in with the in-crowd?
Peep's is appalled to hear that the Minister for Higher Education and the vice-chancellor of Leeds University were forced to jostle among thousands of sweaty students last week. Rather than being...