Failure rates will rise
Failure rates will rise unless universities get serious about tailoring support for students from disadvantaged backgrounds, a college principal has warned. Ruth Silver, head of Lewisham College,...
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Bricks and technology have the power to wow students
Campus buildings with a "wow factor" can increase a university's prospects of attracting and retaining staff and students, research due to be published next month will reveal. The Commission for...
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Staffordshire plan to axe 47 jobs in bid to tackle cash crisis
Staffordshire University is to axe nearly a tenth of its academic posts to save £3.6 million lost through falling student numbers. A total of 47 compulsory job losses are planned over the next three...
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Lords win changes as HE Bill staggers on
Peers have left the Government's plans for a university access regulator in tatters after forcing a string of amendments to the Higher Education Bill this week. After a tense stand-off on Monday...
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Historian is singled out for top honour
Historian Olwen Hufton is the sole standard bearer for the arts among a plethora of eminent scientists recognised at the head of the Queen's Birthday Honours, writes Paul Hill. Professor Hufton,...
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Whistleblowers: Student wins £34K payout
A failed PhD student who won what is believed to be the largest financial settlement in the UK after a four-year battle with Lancaster University said this week that he had faced an "ordeal of...
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Lecturers to ask the audience
Audience voting keypads like those used on Who Wants to be a Millionaire? could become standard in lecture theatres across the UK and could push academics to change the way they teach, it was...
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Congress scrutinises payout
The US Congress is scrutinising a cash prize awarded by a leading university to the former head of a government research institute who had just resolved a legal action in its favour. The University...
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Development scheme wins over doubters
A West African university has overcome staff and student hostility to launch pioneering community links that involve all its students living for two months in a disadvantaged area. The government of...
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Swedish academics gaining ground on student plagiarists
Sweden is catching student cheats in increasing numbers, according to the Swedish National Agency for Higher Education. Its annual report reveals a 116 per cent rise in the numbers being disciplined...
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Scientist's acquittal in spy case overturned
The Russian supreme court has overturned the jury acquittal of a Siberian space scientist tried last year on spy charges. Human rights groups called the move a step backwards for democracy. Valentin...
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Historian pushes for write-off of donations
An Italian historian with links to Cambridge University and the London School of Economics is behind a move to make donations for research and scholarships tax deductible. Giovanni Aldobrandini, a...
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French abandon careers for teaching
France's disillusioned middle-aged professionals are giving up their careers with private companies to retrain as schoolteachers in a welcome boost for higher education institutions. Lyon's teacher-...
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Reform veto met by anger
Students at religious schools in Turkey are angry at the president's decision to veto a reform that would have abolished a law discriminating against them in university entrance exams. But President...
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Skills tests may be made the rule
ߣߣÊÓƵn universities may be required to publish test information showing how prepared their graduates are for the world of work. Federal education minister Brendan Nelson said ߣߣÊÓƵn employers...