In the vanguard
Glamorgan's incoming vice-chancellor Julie Lydon has never let her gender get in the way of career advancement
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Appointments
A professor of education has been appointed the next vice-chancellor of Keele University. Nick Foskett, currently dean of the faculty of law, arts and social sciences at the University of Southampton...
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Fertile territory
Reproductive technologies offer older women more choice, but who gains the most benefit, asks Rachel Bowlby
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On balance, it's time for parity - no matter how it may move things
Financial discrimination against part-time students must end even if we can't say how it will affect gender imbalance, argues Tom Schuller
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Jargon generator offers a reality check on language
Sentence creation toy is 'warning' against obscurantist academic speak. John Morgan writes
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Open-access campaigner told to back off by US blog
A fervent campaigner for open-access journal publishing has been asked to stop posting comments on a new open-access blog by both supporters and opponents of his cause.Stevan Harnad, professor of...
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Staff promised bright new year as London Met aims to move on quickly
Governors agree to resign after Hefce threatens to withdraw funding. Rebecca Attwood writes
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Bend me over ...
backwards on me Hostess trolley, writes Gary Day, who waxes lyrical about Victoria Wood and Botticelli
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The Week in Higher Education
Heads have rolled at the fiasco-struck Student Loans Company - but not, however, the head's head. Two senior executives resigned from their posts after a damning report into this autumn's delays in...
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Hefce budget to be slashed by £915m over three years
Cut in the unit of resource equates to £190 per student. John Morgan and Melanie Newman report
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Access could mean C grades earn top place
Students from deprived backgrounds could be accepted to Russell Group and 1994 Group universities with C grades at A level when As are normally required if they complete an online programme aimed at...
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A fine balance - but not all can manage it
Study says department heads are a mix of jugglers, strugglers and copers. Melanie Newman reports
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STFC could lose oversight of international links
Responsibility for subscriptions to international facilities could be taken out of the hands of the Science and Technology Facilities Council and given to central government.The shift is being...
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UHI's principal aims to deliver a healthy next-generation university
James Fraser wants more cash to benefit students constrained by geography. Olga Wojtas reports
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Odds and quads
Although it was his polymath brother Frederick who was known as Britain's answer to Leonardo da Vinci, George Lanchester was an eminent engineer in his own right.He hand-whittled this striking...