Student debt is predicted to triple to more than £30,000 by 2010 according to Barclays Bank, writes Alison Goddard. The survey found that this year's graduates typically owe £11,000. The figure will...
The Royal Society is considering a clampdown on the publication of questionable science amid growing anger over the media storms that such results provoke. A Royal Society review, announced this week...
Sir Edward Pickering, who has chaired the company that publishes The THES for the past 14 years, has died at the age of 91. Although not a household name outside the world of journalism, Sir Edward...
Is academe ruining your life? Overwork, stress, maternity and paternity rights - academics lift the lid on the work-life balance ALSO Saskia Sassen The globalisation of HE The end of the world is not...
Government proposals for top-up fees repaid via graduate contributions are classic third-way policies, according to the sociologist who devised the philosophy. Anthony Giddens, who will step down...
England may have to compensate Scottish higher education if the introduction of top-up fees creates a flood of students heading to universities in Scotland to escape charges, an adviser to the...
Housewives and manual workers may be better at popular quiz shows than academics, according to a recent study. Whether it's Who Wants to be a Millionaire ? or The Weakest Link , non-academics are at...
Supposedly unpopular academic departments facing the axe or drastic reorganisation at Durham University have recruited very strongly for next year, according to predictions based on likely A-level...
The new national Health Protection Agency has pledged to step up research in a bid to tackle new waves of infectious disease such as the recent Sars epidemic. The agency, formed in April, brings...
Cambridge University academics may seek a ballot to break the deadlock over changes to intellectual property ownership, despite new proposals put forward by one of Britain's leading IP academics and...
"Self-healing" computers could be the answer for hard-pressed IT support staff, according to Ulster University computing expert Roy Sterritt. Mr Sterritt of UU's School of Computing and Mathematics...
Good-practice guidelines for institutions running research degree programmes should be established as the minimum standard required by quality watchdogs, the National Postgraduate Committee has...
Employers rate groupwork skills highly, yet students do not see the point. But why are they so hostile and how can tutors foster the idea that teamwork benefits everyone? asks Peter Levin Come on,...
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage Name: Rosa Michaelson Age: 47 Job: Fellow in business computing, accountancy and business finance, University of Dundee....
Five A levels is too many, says Cambridge Cambridge University dampened the celebrations of thousands of A-level students yesterday by urging them not to amass too many A grades. (The Times) Bumper...