The inspection of universities by the standards watchdog should move towards a "risk-based" approach that reduces red tape for "well-regarded" institutions, the government's White Paper on higher...
White Paper seeks to ease restrictions on what can be called a 'university'. Simon Baker reports
The University and College Union is set to link up with public sector unions in a national strike over pensions - but one vice-chancellor expects to count the number of strikers "on one hand".
Majority expect to emerge stronger, but a short tail fear reforms' negative impact, writes Simon Baker
Leeds Metropolitan University is pursuing its widening participation agenda by calling on the services of a former horse whisperer who offers "equine-assisted training" to students and staff.The...
The White Paper lacks vision: the coalition's short-termism must give way to long-term thinking, Libby Hackett says
Mike Boxall and Paul Woodgates consider the attitudes to the new academic order revealed by PA Consulting's latest v-c survey
The table (see related file, right) features the top universities and research organisations in the field of plant sciences and mycology based on highly cited papers published during the period 2000...
BathOmens and InspirationsTo celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Great Comet of 1811, observed by William Herschel (1738-1822), and the opening of its new Caroline Lucretia Gallery, the Herschel...
Credit: László Fejes, 'Wedding' (1965)/Hungarian Museum of PhotographyEyewitness: Hungarian Photography in the Twentieth CenturyRoyal Academy of Arts, LondonWhen it comes to photography, Robert Capa...
"You know what they say? Jack of all trades and master of none." That was the vigorous response of Dr Fritz Itzig of our Department of Psychology to the recent argument by Professor Gill Nicholls,...
I suspect I'm not alone in noticing the recent proliferation of "teaching fellowships" in UK higher education, but who do they benefit?They appear to offer an opportunity for those recently...
The grade-point average system ("'Two tribes' to the wall? Elite set may adopt GPA", 23 June) initially appears to offer greater precision in student assessment. However, there is a danger that...
Your explanation of the US-inspired GPA system states that the average "is calculated by finding the average of course grades, although sometimes weightings are used to place additional value on...
Earlier this month the government published Letting Children be Children, the report of an independent review led by Reg Bailey, chief executive of the Christian charity Mothers' Union, that aimed to...