Where are top union hot spots?
As the boycott action takes hold, The Times Higher reports on the prospects of local pay negotiations and maps out Natfhe's and the AUT's strongholds It isn't a simple matter of numbers when it comes...
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Dispute dispatches
* Birmingham University has docked by 10 per cent the pay of staff who have admitted to being involved in the assessment boycott. The deductions will be made from their April pay packets. It is the...
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Boycott fears for overseas market
Fears that industrial action will damage the international reputation of UK universities and hit the multimillion-pound market in foreign students grew this week. In a letter to universities, Will...
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Dispute could stimulate revival of interest in industrial past
It is a testing time for relations in higher education as academics target students in order to force employers to come up with more money for pay. But for one group of academics the dispute is...
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Union fears rift on local deals
Local settlements pose a threat to national pay talks, report Phil Baty and Olga Wojtas Lecturers' claims for a 23 per cent pay rise over the next three years could be fatally undermined, unions...
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Degree plan splits Welsh
While the University of Wales contemplates big changes, its future status remains uncertain. Tony Tysome reports Welsh academics, vice-chancellors and students remain deeply divided over plans to...
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Swansea is aiming to use its own title
Swansea University's application to use its own title hangs on whether the proposals to reform the University of Wales get the green light. It is expected that Bangor and Aberystwyth, both currently...
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Scottish postdocs offered skills training
Life scientist Christine Milburn has returned to her alma mater, Dundee University, as a generic skills training co-ordinator - one of a number of similar posts established by Scotland's universities...
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Psychology head suspended
A De Montfort University department leader faces disciplinary action for bringing the institution 'into disrepute' after he blamed managers for an accreditation fiasco, says Phil Baty De Montfort...
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OU may paint a brighter future
Three years ago, Darush Morad, an Iranian student activist, was forced to leave his homeland immediately for fear of imprisonment and torture, writes Olga Wojtas. He was an art student who belonged...
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Stamp of approval that travels well and inspires confidence
Research Project of the Year Richard Begent's project has gone from strength to strength since winning last year's Times Higher award for Research Project of the Year. And Professor Begent, chairman...
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Plug pulled on foreign fee policy
The Finnish Government has dropped its plan to levy tuition fees on students from outside the European Union and European Economic Area despite widespread support for the policy from businesses and...
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South Africa pledges to boost research
South African universities hope to benefit from the Government's decision to offer the private sector a 150 per cent tax break on money invested in research and development as part of its drive to...
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Top colleges get choosier to beat deluge
Attempts by US school-leavers to maximise study options by applying to a multitude of universities are backfiring, reports Jon Marcus Top universities in the US have experienced a surge in...
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French universities take up challenge to do more to help disadvantaged learners
French universities are responding to the Government's challenge to them to tackle an alarmingly high failure rate among students studying for first diplomas. Nearly 70 universities and about 30...