IP debate on ice
The debate over changing the way Cambridge University and its academics exploit ideas commercially will rumble on for another week. A meeting of the Regent House - Cambridge's 3,000-strong governing...
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Biology bubble in danger of bursting
The boom in biosciences is being jeopardised by the dwindling supply of academics in the physical sciences, biologists told The Times Higher this week. During a dinner hosted this month by the...
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Lecturer celebrates decade of freedom and flares in Malawi
Derby University law lecturer Kevin Bampton will be watching with special interest as Malawi citizens go to the polls next week on the tenth anniversary of democratic rule in their country. A decade...
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Animal campaigner was 'not my student'
Scientist Colin Blakemore, one of the most outspoken defenders of animal research, has accused a leading anti-vivisectionist of misleadingly claiming to be his student to add authenticity to a...
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University of Arts pitches for celebrity cash
Top actors such as Pierce Brosnan and leading designers such as Stella McCartney are among the famous alumni who will be asked to lend support to the UK's first University of the Arts. The university...
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Task force sees merit in drive to tap alumni
British universities could generate an extra £600 million a year from fundraising but face an uphill struggle prising donations out of tight-fisted former students, a government task force concludes...
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US way to give in life or death
As the dishes are being cleared from the evening meal in the campus dining hall, students at Bates College file upstairs and take their places in long rows of seats. It is 7pm and the students are...
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Salford lends locals £3m
Salford University's "community banks" have loaned nearly £3 million to people from deprived backgrounds who would otherwise have fallen prey to loan sharks. The initiative is one of 55 projects...
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Fears over two-tier plans force retreat
Jim Wallace, Scotland's lifelong learning minister, may ditch controversial proposals that many fear would create a two-tier university system north of the border. He told The Times Higher there was...
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Sheffield degree criteria slated
Quality watchdogs have questioned the fairness of assessment practices at Sheffield University after discovering that it uses two different systems to classify students' final degrees. In an audit...
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Bid to beef up staff rights
Academics could in future pass grievances to an independent complaints body following proposed amendments from Conservative and Liberal Democrat peers to the higher education bill. The Lords aims to...
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OU awaits cash boost in struggle to gain support for part-time students
Ministers have offered the Open University a "range of assurances" about the institution's future funding - but no specific guarantees of extra cash, it emerged this week. Both the OU and Birkbeck...
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Mother wins top prize for science
Chemist Carol Robinson proved this week that women can raise a family and excel in science, when she won a Royal Society award for her work. Professor Robinson, an expert in protein interactions...
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'You will cash in on a degree' kids told
The first brochure selling higher education to school pupils has been published today amid fears that rising student debt and doubts over the graduate jobs market could put many off university. The...
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23% forced to live with bugs and slugs
Students in private digs are living in Dickensian conditions in properties infested with vermin, according to a survey, writes Paul Hill. Research carried out by British Gas and the National Union of...