Boris gets sinking feeling as ships shadow sticks oar in
Boris Johnson, the Shadow Higher Education Minister, insisted this week that his party was not opposed to opening up higher education, despite the publication of an inflammatory report on...
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Chemistry cuts lead to fears for other subjects
Sussex has been criticised for closing a 5-rated department as part of its strategic plan. Tony Tysome reports Staff still reeling from Sussex University's decision to close its chemistry department...
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Hefce's inertia attacked
Scientists and MPs this week accused the Government and the English funding council of kicking the problem of science closures into the long grass, writes Anna Fazackerley. After an outcry over the...
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Threat to students' demands for 8 hours contact
Students are furious at the proposed redundancies at Sussex University believing cuts could scupper their campaign for a minimum of eight hours a week contact time with lecturers. Student leaders,...
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Boom time for high-flyers
Claire Sanders investigates a claim that the bulk of Hefce cash to reward staff has gone to RAE research stars The number of academics earning more than £100,000 a year has increased by 169 per cent...
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Dance partners
Students and staff at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts marked a new era of collaboration with the University of the Arts in Philadelphia with a joint concert last week. The venture...
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Watchdog warns of Ucas form fraud rise
Bogus applications for places on higher education courses in the UK are spiralling out of control, anti-fraud watchdogs have warned. The number of "suspect" applications detected by the Universities...
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Rude awakening for art of artificial intelligence
People frequently insult and flirt with computer characters placed in internet chatrooms to entertain or provide information, a researcher has discovered, writes Tony Tysome. Chatbots are software "...
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UK gains in popularity
The total number of students enrolled in UK universities from countries outside of the UK increased by 6.1 per cent in the last academic year. The number of overseas students rose from 300,055 in...
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OST renamed in rejig
The Office of Science and Technology, which oversees the research councils, is set to become the Office of Science and Innovation on April 3 as part of a reorganisation of the Department of Trade and...
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Brain drain conference
Lecturers' union Natfhe and the Association of University Teachers are hosting a conference next week on the "Brain Drain in a Globalised World". It will investigate the impact of the loss of...
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£3.8m for professorship
The Lisbet Rausing Charitable Fund is donating £3.8 million to endow in perpetuity a professorship in conservation biology at Cambridge University. The post, which is based at the university's...
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Palestine ties urged
Sir David Green, British Council director-general, this week appealed to academics involved in links with Palestinian universities to "work very hard" on collaborative projects despite the rioting...
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Ucas appoints director
Janet Graham has been appointed the first director of the Supporting Professionalism in Admissions programme at the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. The service will act as a central...
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'Threat' to research careers
Career opportunities for talented young academics are under threat as cash for research becomes concentrated in fewer university departments, Salford University's vice-chancellor Michael Harloe...