Clarification
The second-placed institution in last week's student satisfaction table was wrongly identified as St Mary's College, Twickenham. The score should have been attributed to St Mary's University College...
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Pension rejig set to inhibit job mobility
Moving jobs between old and new universities is about to become more difficult as pension schemes diverge further. The problem is set to get worse as a result of the Pensions and Finance Acts coming...
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Drive to triple benefactors
Cambridge University has married academic know-how with business nous in its bid to raise £1 billion by 2012. William Brown, master of Darwin College, Cambridge University, is among the people who...
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'Criminal' PhD cuts triggerjob fears
Universities are cutting the number of PhD places in their weaker departments, raising fears of academic job losses as the demand for doctoral supervisors declines. Faculties rated below 4 in the...
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Supervisors run thesis 'factories'
Academics are turning universities into PhD factories by caring more about the speed with which a thesis is written than its quality, according to the National Postgraduate Committee, writes Jessica...
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Young researchers given £400, 000 career leg-up
Young social science researchers struggling to get on the career ladder will soon be able to apply for a new stream of funding. The Economic and Social Research Council this week revealed its first...
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A site for women of science
An online database is being launched to help raise the profile of thousands of female scientists and engineers in the UK. The database, which is due to go live before Christmas, will help external...
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Oxford's new governance plan shifts power balance
Oxford University has dropped controversial plans for a new body of external representatives to oversee its affairs. But a compromise offered this week would still leave outsiders in a majority...
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Welsh v-cs find Assembly's £30m boost a bit smaller than expected
Welsh vice-chancellors were disappointed this week by the Welsh Assembly's decision to award their institutions an extra £30 million next year in compensation for not introducing top-up fees until...
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Academic who spoke out now faces sack
A lecturer who told The Times Higher about his fears of research misconduct at Sheffield University has been suspended, writes Phil Baty A senior Sheffield University academic is facing the sack...
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Audit leads to disciplinary proceedings
Richard Eastell, the renowned medical scientist who was a key figure in Aubrey Blumsohn's allegations, faces possible disciplinary action over allegations of financial irregularities in his role as...
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Strathclyde's champion calls the tune
Willie McCallum fulfils at least two Scottish stereotypes perfectly, being both prized for his financial prudence and praised for his bagpiping skills. As a management accountant in the finance...
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Merged council to tackle access
The Scottish Higher and Further Education Funding councils will merge next week and one of the new body's first tasks will be to promote action to widen access, writes Olga Wojtas. On the eve of the...
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Rammell looks beyond visa hike
Minister wants to keep up overseas drive, Paul Hill writes from Labour's conference The full weight of Downing Street could be put behind a new push to promote British universities to overseas...
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Universities 'should increase their influence on key public issues'
Academics should play a much greater role in shaping public opinion and bridge the gap between universities and Whitehall policymakers, according to an academic and former adviser to the Government....