Concern over fee report's low profile
Fears were growing this week that an official report on graduate recruitment to the professions will "fudge" the issue of the impact on the jobs market of variable tuition fees and student debt,...
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Universities cool on invitation to help run new trust schools
Universities are unlikely to want to get "deeply involved" in running schools, the Government was warned this week as it unveiled education reform plans. A White Paper published on Tuesday by Ruth...
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Liverpool set for final China deal
Liverpool University is close to finalising a deal to build the last foreign campus in China for the foreseeable future. The venture, expected to get the go-ahead next year, involves a unique...
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Cinema classic
The late film director Stanley Kubrick's archives have been donated to the University of the Arts London, it was announced this week. They include scripts, costumes, props and equipment used for...
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Cambridge to ballot on IP reforms
The latest bid to reform the rules on how Cambridge University academics make money from their ideas could destroy trust between staff and their postgraduates, critics of the plans claimed this week...
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Oxford critics round on Patten
Oxford University academics are circulating a letter that criticises their chancellor's unprecedented warning to Cambridge University about its future. Chris Patten last week warned heads of...
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Top-up fees fail to deter pupils
The prospect of paying £3,000 in tuition fees a year has had no impact on the number of applicants vying for a place at Cambridge University, The Times Higher has learnt. Cambridge's latest figures...
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Design students tackle a bit of DIY
It may seem like a cunning ruse to cut university teaching costs, but it is in fact the latest innovation in creating fresh challenges for design students: students on the Royal College of Art...
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You can fly, but you can't hide...
Beat Naef-Daenzer and his team of researchers at the Swiss Ornithological Institute have created a miniature telemetry transmitter that will allow scientists to radio-track tiny species such as...
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Get excited, you owe it to freshers
Leave your glum face at home - if you don't enthuse new students, their first year could be their last, says Bob Brecher Another year, another influx of undergraduates... Still, maybe they could help...
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Maybe next time wear your suit?
From forward planning to appropriate dress, your students will rely on you for sound advice on how to approach a work placement and avoid a faux pas on the first day. So deliver the facts without any...
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Lycra nightmare and media dream
Name: Karin Wahl-Jorgensen Age: 32 Job: Senior lecturer, Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University Salary: mid-30s Background: I'm from Denmark, but educated in the...
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Ask the panel
I am an administration officer and I would like to think I get on well with my colleagues, including my manager. But she insists that our catch-up meetings are held on Friday afternoons. This proves...
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Call to raise job hopes for young academics
Scottish universities must do more to improve career prospects for young academics if they are to remain internationally competitive in research, according to a report. The Royal Society of Edinburgh...
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Who's in who's out?
LEICESTER Claudio Mezzetti, former professor of economics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has returned to Europe to join Leicester University. Professor Mezzetti, Leicester's new...