Luck of the Irish: Academy escapes swingeing cuts
Universities have expressed relief following the relatively modest cuts to higher education funding announced in the Republic of Ireland's emergency Budget last week.The grant allocated to...
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Gated communities
There is little substance to the government's promise to 'beef up' university access agreements, says Graeme Atherton
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Hot Topics in Science for 2010
Hot Topics in Science for 2010Data provided by Thomson Reuters from Science Watch, Vol. 21, Nos. 1-6, January-December 2010FieldTopicMedicine Jan/FebProstate cancer screening with PSA: its...
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Lava light
These photographs of a lava eruption were taken by a PhD student at the University of Bristol during a visit to the Afar Rift in Ethiopia.Lorraine Field, from the department of Earth sciences at...
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The Week in Higher Education
Labour leader Ed Miliband hit back at David Cameron as the two University of Oxford graduates tussled over their days among the dreaming spires. During Prime Minister's Questions on 8 December, Mr...
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Student loan costs could take further toll on sector
Government may be forced to regulate if too many institutions charge maximum. Simon Baker writes
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'This is not a riot': frustrated, cold and kettled until 11pm
John Morgan reports on the six hours of detention that greeted London fees protesters
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Lobbying by v-cs 'reduced budget cuts' and protected student numbers
The massive cut to the teaching budget could have been even greater, were it not for lobbying by vice-chancellors, because many in the coalition government believe there are "too many" students and...
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Scholarships may bring fiscal woe
Critics say coalition plan will be a disincentive to accept poorer students. Rebecca Attwood reports
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16 December 2010
Donors required - Charitable transfusions critical for a sector bleeding from cuts
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House of Lords backs tuition fee hike despite a last-minute bid to derail the proposals
Plans to almost triple the tuition fee cap to £9,000 have passed through Parliament after being backed by the House of Lords.
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Tara Brabazon: Paying to get connected
Managers may promote the use of technology in teaching purely with a view to saving money, but students want face-to-face interaction with inspirational teachers they can admire
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Publisher rewrites the book on degrees
Publishing giant Pearson has announced details of its plans to offer degrees in a range of vocational subjects from 2012.
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Ballot call as online ‘referendum’ rejects USS plans
The University and College Union has called for a full ballot on changes to higher education’s largest pension scheme after 96 per cent of voters in its online “referendum” rejected the employers’...
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A new strategy is needed for a brutal new era
Peter Hallward describes why he joined the demonstration on 9 December, and gives his personal account of how events unfolded that day