TUC to back bid to block PRP
The Trades Union Congress is expected to back lecturers in their attempts to stop the introduction of performance-related pay by institutions such as Nottingham University. The Association of...
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Applications up in 2004
The number of applicants accepted to university this year is up 2.1 per cent from 350,724 in 2003 to 358,229, according to the latest figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service.
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Rainforest puzzle
A flourishing, man-made rainforest that features plants from around the world is baffling scientists at Liverpool John Moores University. The rainforest covering Green Mountain on Ascension Island,...
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Part-timers underpaid
Part-time further and adult education lecturers are underpaid and poorly supported by their institutions despite being highly professional and committed to their jobs, according to a survey carried...
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Knowledge certificate
The first academic qualification in knowledge transfer is due to start next month. The postgraduate certificate will be awarded by the Open University in collaboration with the Association of...
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New head for LSDA
Andrew Thomson, principal of Long Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge, has been appointed the new chief executive of the Learning and Skills Development Agency. He succeeds Chris Hughes, who retires...
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Green campus is go
Queen Margaret University College in Edinburgh has got the green light for a multimillion-pound environmentally friendly campus. East Lothian council officials already supported planning permission,...
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The artful enforcer who shoots from the hip
He won't suffer 'arty bullshit', rap music or the Wurzels... Alan Thomson sheds light on the background of the new Higher Education Minister. The Government's decision to replace a minister skilled...
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Tory interest payments 'will hit poor hardest'
The poor will pay more than the rich to get degrees under the Conservative Party's new plans for higher education, according to a policy think-tank, writes Alan Thomson. The Higher Education Policy...
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UK races to find life under ice
Steve Farrar British scientists are to send a robot probe to one of the last unexplored corners of the Earth - a subglacial lake buried beneath 3.4km of Antarctic ice. The interdisciplinary...
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UK research 'too reliant' on foreign postgraduates
Nearly four in ten research students are from outside the UK, prompting fears that Britain's research community is becoming over-dependent on foreign talent. Piera Gerrard, deputy director of...
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Lecturer plagiarised student's work
A senior lecturer at Cardiff University has been suspended after an investigation panel found that he had plagiarised a former student's PhD thesis for articles published in two international...
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Code sets Holloway on Hollywood path
A sinister tale of religious conspiracy and secret codes could thrust cryptographers at a UK university into the Hollywood spotlight. Dan Brown's controversial bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code has...
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We might moan, but we love the academic life
The future of Britain's higher education sector will be shaped by academics now in the early stages of their careers. But the voices that are heard most often are those of the old guard, who have...
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Little appeal in jobs outside the university
The future of Britain's higher education sector will be shaped by academics now in the early stages of their careers. But the voices that are heard most often are those of the old guard, who have...