Luton waived entry criteria
Luton University offered places to overseas students who lacked minimum entry requirements, its quality chief warned last year as the university was starting a scheme to delegate overseas admissions...
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Westminster academic feared dead after tsunami
An academic from the Policy Studies Institute at Westminster University is feared dead after the tsunami disaster in Sri Lanka. Stephen Lissenburgh was with his two sons Vikram and Nikhil, his wife,...
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Email con targets overseas students
Fraudsters claiming to be from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service are charging would-be overseas students £850 each supposedly to fix university places, visas and jobs, The Times Higher...
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Research councils to fund 80% of real costs
Research councils will cover close to the full cost of research projects from July, the Government has announced, in a surprise move that marks a fundamental shift in the way research by academics is...
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Seven-year hitch casts doubt on future of part-time PhDs
Just under a third of full-time PhD students and two thirds of part-timers fail to complete their doctorates within seven years, a report has revealed. The figures, described as "scandalous", raise...
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Men lead the way as more students are awarded firsts
The proportion of students gaining first-class honours degrees increased again last year from 10 per cent to 11 per cent, figures revealed this week. The figures from the Higher Education Statistics...
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Where a taste for the Wild West can take you
David Watson, who will leave Brighton University at the end of this academic year to take up a new chair of higher education management at the Institute of Education, University of London, sees...
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Age bias law sparks graduate jobs fear
Young graduates fresh out of university will face stiffer competition for the best jobs from 2006 - just as top-up fees are introduced, recruiters have warned. The Association of Graduate Recruiters...
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Architecture reprieved
Cambridge's architecture department won a reprieve this week as the university authorities decided to restructure rather than close it completely. Six of the 17 academic staff will take early...
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London Met strike off
Lecturer's union Natfhe called off a strike at London Metropolitan University at the last minute this week after the institution agreed to bring in the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service...
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Ulster inquiry
A high-level inquiry has been ordered at Ulster University after staff raised concerns about management at the institution. The investigation will be led by Sir Michael Buckley, former Parliamentary...
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Funding fallout
Universities' share of public spending has been in relative decline compared with that of schools and early years education, according to MPs. The Education and Skills Select Committee reported last...
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Dropouts soared as UNL widened access
High numbers of students dropped out of degree courses at the former University of North London because of its policy to admit students without formal qualifications who would not be accepted by...
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Brunel takes first steps towards teenage campus
Teenagers could finish their schooling alongside undergraduates under proposals to build Britain's first campus-based academy for 16 to 19-year-olds at Brunel University. The Government has agreed to...
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Fees to boost coffers by £21m
Cambridge University stands to generate an extra £21 million a year from tuition fees from 2006 - but roughly half will be spent on bursaries and financial aid, writes Paul Hill. The university hopes...