Mooted loans shake-up may benefit private institutions
Government seeks to cap loans costs through closure of loophole. Simon Baker reports
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New head upbeat over future of 'bruised' Student Loans Company
The new head of the Student Loans Company is feeling "quietly confident" about the future despite the fiasco that left tens of thousands of undergraduates without funds.
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Public loan funding extends to modern-day Mary Poppinses, make-up artists and homeopaths
Thousands of students at private colleges are already accessing public student loans, according to data obtained by Times Higher Education.
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V-cs paying for stalled USS talks, union says
UCU boycott of pension meetings may leave leaders with hefty bills. John Morgan reports
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UCU warns of future action's 'maximum impact'
The University and College Union has warned that it will step up industrial action for "maximum impact" on examinations and assessment if the employers do not return to the negotiating table on...
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Visa concessions made, but question marks remain
Clampdown not as harsh as first feared, but still problematic, critics claim. Simon Baker reports
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Let's not do this again in a year or two, Browne says
Lord Browne of Madingley would feel "sad as a citizen" if the higher education system needed changing again in two or three years because it was deemed unsustainable.The author of last year's...
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Leading the dance
Is it John Travolta? Is it Elvis? No - it's Dominic Shellard, vice-chancellor of De Montfort University. Professor Shellard (fourth from left) donned his Saturday Night Fever outfit for a "dance-off...
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Teesside et al to feel full effects of teaching clawbacks
Teesside University will lose almost a fifth of its teaching money in 2011-12 compared with its original grant allocation for this year after a £6.6 million clawback by the funding council, figures...
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Gift of an idea for help in hard times
Universities aim to reconnect with the philanthropic tradition in bid to counter cuts, writes Hannah Fearn
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What would Lindsay say?
Keele's plan to shut philosophy and ethics units is a 'disaster', say scholars. John Morgan reports
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News in Brief
Journal retractionSpace claims seem to not add upA mathematics journal has retracted a paper by an Indian mathematician who claimed that science and spirituality "came from space", the Retraction...
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BBSRC to limit studentships to a score of partners
Move to concentrate doctoral funding comes as post-92 objections rumble on, writes Paul Jump
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Grant winners
THE LEVERHULME TRUSTInternational NetworksBasic sciences• Award winner: Louise Harra• Institution: University College London• Value: £124,677Probing the Sun: inside and out• Award winner: Kevin Flynn...
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Touches of evil
Ethical downfalls are not the result of single acts, but rather the daily erosion of moral standards, says Stefano Harney