Scottish institutions deny merger rumours
Dundee and St Andrews universities have dismissed newspaper claims that they are planning to merge. The two universities have recently agreed to set up a "preferred partnership" to discuss working...
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Well judged
Sandra Dawson, director of the Judge Institute of Management Studies, has been named Businesswoman of the Year at the Cambridge Evening News Business Excellence Awards. Professor Dawson joined the...
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In brief
Nice to get a good review from Michael Beloff of my book, The Ethics and Conduct of Lawyers in England and Wales, which was said to be written by Andrew Bonard and Jennifer Levin ("Lawyers are no...
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'Jigsaw' E-fit system helps ensure that the face fits
Researchers from the Face Processing Research Group have pioneered a new system of compiling E-fits of criminal suspects. The group, based at the University of Leicester, the Open University and...
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Rethink of student support could boost access plan
The House of Commons select committee is right to look urgently at student support in United Kingdom universities. Decisions in Scotland following the Cubie report are creating new anomalies even as...
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White male sector must set targets for diversity
British academics are too white and too male, and too few come from Britain's disabled population. The government wants universities to do something about these problems. In response, the sector is...
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It's official: cutting aid narrows participation
Last week we looked at higher education funding in Australia. This week, Stanley Aronowitz examines the situation in the United States The American academic system is divided along two axes: private...
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Willis claims fees agreed
Ministers have agreed in principle to allow universities to charge top-up fees after unofficial negotiations with vice-chancellors, a senior MP has said. Phil Willis, the Liberal Democrat education...
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Scottish Executive abolishes fourth-year fees for all UK students
Scottish Executive abolishes fourth-year fees for all UK students Final-year tuition fees are to be scrapped for English, Welsh and Northern Irish students studying four-year honours degrees at...
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American academic tenures in decline
American academics are increasingly ready to forgo the security of tenure in exchange for competitive salaries and research freedom, a Harvard Graduate School of Education survey reveals today. The...
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Taken for a ride
(Photograph) - Taken for a ride: nursing and midwifery students campaigning for a better deal took their protest to the skies when they went on the London Eye at Westminster this week. Unison, the...
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GMC's research fraud backlog
A backlog of research fraud cases, a number of which involve university scientists, has been built up by the General Medical Council. Delays of up to two years are being experienced between the...
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Labour policy poses threat to freedom
The government's disregard for academic freedom has become dangerous and damaging, academics and politicians have warned. Long-standing fears about ministers' attitudes to research intensified this...
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Benefit of sandwich courses
Most sandwich courses do what they are meant to do - they improve a student's chances of finding work after graduation, a study by the University of Central England has found. A higher proportion of...
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Increase pay or lose lecturers, says union
Lecturers' union Natfhe will open negotiations with the Association of Colleges next Thursday for a flat-rate pay increase of Pounds 2,500 for its members in further education colleges. On the same...