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Stiff competition drives economies into high gear
The Power of Productivity
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A kaleidoscope of consumerism
This book addresses a global audience, as reflected in the diverse backgrounds of the contributors and the examples they present. Consumer and company behaviours across six continents are fairly...
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Is bigger really always better?
Creating Value from Mergers and Acquisitions
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Some applied creative thinking
Innovation Management
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A valuable work for those people experiencing personnel problems
A Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice
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Fury over Treasury research meddling
Academics reacted with outrage this week to Treasury attempts to seize control of their major source of research grants by introducing a "tick-box" system to judge the value of their work. The Times...
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Students stub out tobacco investment
Universities will face renewed pressure to sell shares in tobacco companies following the success of a student campaign to persuade Edinburgh University to disinvest in the industry. Edinburgh's...
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John Schellnhuber: 'We're investing too much in things like improving weather forecasts'
John Schellnhuber, climate specialist, has warned of a potentially rapid change in environmental conditions. When the Queen made her unprecedented call for action on climate change at last week's...
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On the move...
Lynn Parker , former assistant principal of Hull College, has been appointed director of educational partnerships at Teesside University. Oxford University has appointed the following: Stewart Purvis...
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Postgrad boom for ex-polys
Overseas demand has driven a 245 per cent increase in numbers. Claire Sanders reports. New universities have seen an explosion in their postgraduate numbers in the past seven years, according to an...
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Move over Pop Idol...
Scientists will have the chance to burst out of their laboratories and into the spotlight when the research equivalent of Pop Idol hits the streets next year. FameLab , the brainchild of the...
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Animal rights ruling for Oxford
Oxford University has secured a landmark High Court ruling protecting its staff and contractors from intimidation by animal rights activists, writes Anna Fazackerley. An injunction granted on...
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Class warrior or softly-softly negotiator?
Is Sir Martin Harris a class warrior or a conciliator? This is a question that all universities are mulling over: whether the new access czar will strong-arm institutions into accepting more working-...
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Offa chief gives tentative nod to post-qualification entry
Universities could "reserve" up to a tenth of their places until A-level results are published to give students who underestimate their grades the chance to apply for popular courses, the new access...