Correction: Elizabeth Hall
Elizabeth Hall was a senior lecturer in the education department of the University of Central England before retiring on ill-health grounds, and was not, as reported last week, a careers guidance...
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NEWS The end of the PhD: debt starves out research students FEATURES Will art history radicalise Prince William? Teaching It's wise to improvise: how to jazz up lectures Research Social work gets...
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Potato fights blight
The curse of the organic potato farmer may soon be lifted by a humble purple spud grown by Newcastle University scientists. The unnamed variety has proved to be almost totally resistant to potato...
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UUK slams 'mean' funding
Vice-chancellors were set to make an unprecedented demand for increased funding for student support - all but calling for the reintroduction of maintenance grants - at their annual residential...
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Three-pronged attack on red tape
University regulators were hit by a triple whammy this week, as vice-chancellors, union leaders and Cabinet Office watchdogs moved against over-regulation and excessive red tape. Lecturers' leaders...
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Cost cuts to force voluntary job losses
Heriot-Watt University is to seek voluntary job losses in a major restructuring scheme that will concentrate its academic departments into six schools and two postgraduate institutes. The unions have...
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Why a science degree is no sign of greater intellect
Many more mathematicians than lawyers gain first-class honours - 22 per cent versus 4 per cent - but that is unlikely to mean they are "cleverer" or that maths is an easier subject than law. So why...
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V-c leaves with shot at government
Maxwell Irvine, Birmingham University's departing vice-chancellor, has called the government's policies on higher education funding "a disaster", writes Tony Tysome. The sector faces trouble unless...
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Innovation - but no change
David VandeLinde, Warwick University's new vice-chancellor, has planted a tell-tale sign by his desk. It reads: "No whining". The no-nonsense message is in keeping with both his personal style and...
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Colleges fall short of higher standard
Students taking higher education courses in colleges are receiving a worse service than their university counterparts, according to a comparison of teaching quality between the sectors. Further...
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Cambridge project with Marconi under review
Cambridge University this week denied reports that its plans to build a world-class £40 million Communications Research Centre had collapsed following financial difficulties at its sponsor,...
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Copyright fees dispute goes to costly tribunal
Vice-chancellors' representatives told a tribunal this week that the copyright licensing scheme was "a bureaucratic nightmare for hard-pressed university staff" and seriously inhibited teaching. The...
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Farming course reaps e-prize
The first eTutor of the Year plans to use his £1,000 prize money "to have a small holiday" before helping other staff at his agricultural college develop their own interactive online courses. John...
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Image-maker
Scientists gathered at Dundee University to learn about advances in microscopes. Dundee has the world's most powerful electron microscope, observing particles 10,000 times smaller than the width of a...
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Muslim reforms rejected
Northern Ireland's Department for Employment and Learning has refused to change its student support reforms to avoid discrimination against Muslims. The National Union of Students-Union of Students...