Tories coy over rethink on fees
'Co-payment' system is likely to remain, reports Paul Hill from the party conference A Conservative U-turn on tuition fees and the expansion of higher education looks likely despite the wrangling...
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Academic urges party to drop opposition to top-ups
If any political party should have supported university top-up fees, it should have been the Conservatives, says an academic who advised both the Thatcher and Major governments. Patrick Minford of...
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'Clarify scientific advice to reassure public'
Politicians and scientists need to be more open about the limits of the Government's scientific advice if scare stories about new technologies, foods and therapies are to be avoided in future, Andrew...
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UK brain drain myth exposed
British higher education enjoys a substantial "brain gain" in a global academic market that is increasingly dominated by young researchers, a report has concluded. The Higher Education Policy...
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British pair bask in peers' acclaim
Martin Ince on the best in science and technology The UK is still home to the world's top scientists, according to our poll of their peers around the world. Scientists asked to name the best...
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Positions of power: World university rankings 2005
This is the second year of The Times Higher 's World University Rankings. We will publish all the results this month. But before we print the full rankings of the world's top 200 universities, we...
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Oxbridge is patently successful
Oxford and Cambridge universities are medieval institutions that show every sign of making it big in the 21st century. Oxford claims to have 3,000 staff, most of whom are active in research, and 3,...
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Industrial labs held in high regard
Anyone working in a university must occasionally dream of all the research he or she might do were it not for the students. These tables show how productive the world's top industrial and government...
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Oxbridge science is on top of the world
The world's top science universities are in England, according to a global sample of research-active science academics carried out for The Times Higher . For the second year running, Cambridge and...
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RAE jobs boom yet to peak
The academic jobs market is booming, with staff set to reap the rewards of sustained recruitment ahead of the 2008 research assessment exercise, according to senior figures in the sector. Academics...
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'I like mountains because of the physical challenge and the aesthetics'
As professor of mountain studies, Martin Price is dedicated to ensuring sustainable development Martin Price believes he is the world's first professor of mountain studies. His position at the UHI...
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On the move
* Andrew Haynes has been named visiting professor in education science at Beijing Normal University but will remain academic publishing director at Continuum. * The Royal Academy of Music has...
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Valid students denied UK entry
V-cs warn that a £10bn overseas market is at risk Vice-chancellors warned of potentially devastating damage to the £10 billion overseas student market this week as it emerged that one in five...
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Times Higher changes hands
The Times Higher and its sister titles in TSL Education Ltd are to be bought by Exponent Private Equity, it was announced this week. The sale, for £235 million, will be completed on October 18. Since...
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Has deconstruction had its day in class?
The influence of theory over English studies - the subject of many acrimonious spats - is starting to decline in UK universities, according to leading academics. The ideas of scholars such as Jacques...