Purvis made professor
Stewart Purvis, former chief executive of ITN, will be the next News International visiting professor of broadcast media at Oxford University. The post is funded by a benefaction from Rupert Murdoch...
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Edinburgh funding
Edinburgh University will strengthen its position in informatics with a multimillion-pound private donation towards a computer research centre. The Wolfson Foundation has pledged £2 million towards a...
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Securing research
Research Councils UK, the body responsible for coordinating activity between the seven research councils, has announced the funding of nearly 400 five-year academic fellowships across the UK. The...
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House prices leave city dwellers out in the cold
Buying a house in Britain's major university cities is certain to remain beyond the reach of the majority of academics - particularly those living in the Southeast. A Times Higher analysis has...
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Scottish village to lure global talent
The principals of Edinburgh's four universities have unveiled radical plans for an international student village in the city to underpin Scotland's Fresh Talent initiative. John Archer, principal of...
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Ucas chief promises detailed A-level data
Universities are to get extra information about applicants' A-level performance to help admissions staff choose between the growing numbers of candidates with top grades, admissions chief Anthony...
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Middlesex disability policy is censured
Middlesex University's policy for selecting students with disabilities has been criticised by its own equal opportunities chief amid concerns about the legality of the admissions procedures. If a...
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Fears over new costing regime
Will the model for costing science damage the research it seeks to protect? Anna Fazackerley reports A government drive for universities to recoup the real costs of research has escaped the attention...
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Key questions answered
Calculating your research costs is only the first step: but how do you work out what percentage of costs you can recover? Simon Kerridge , deputy director of the graduate research school, Sunderland...
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They're going, going, gone: Kingston
Places are filling up via clearing, with students making fast but careful choices Any school-leaver who wanted to study psychology at Kingston University would have had to get on the phone before 12....
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They're going, going, gone: Wolverhampton
Places are filling up via clearing, with students making fast but careful choices Clearing is a cocktail of "handholding, career advice and optimism", according to one of the call-centre operators at...
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It pays well to study in Glasgow, while Durham leaves students short
Glasgow, a city of myriad bars, restaurants and clubs, is a students' paradise when it comes to offering well-paid, term-time work, according to a survey. But Durham is a desert by comparison, with...
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Glittering grades do not guarantee greatness
The French admissions system has advantages but, as in the UK, says Ruth Morse, it nurtures arrogance among the elite. Every year towards the end of the silly season, newspapers, in a moment of...
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Jobwatch: Divine calling
The number of sixthformers opting for religious studies is rising, and Edinburgh University is responding to the renaissance by expanding its School of Divinity. Chris Johnston reports. Religious...
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Who got that job?
Laurence Alison Chair in Psychology, Liverpool University Job advertised in The Times Higher January 23, 2004 In January, the School of Psychology at Liverpool University advertised for a new chair...