Sheffield support staff may strike over pensions
The University of Sheffield's lowest-paid, mainly female, workers may ballot for strike action over plans to shut down their final-salary pensions.Sheffield wants to go further than other...
Search
-
-
Willetts: our plan will ease student fears
By keeping universities strong, fees reform offers hope to young, minister tells John Morgan
-
V-cs outrank generals when it comes to pay gap over those in the trenches
Biggest gulf in public sector leads head of review to call for limit to halt 'arms race' in top pay. John Morgan writes
-
Time and experience are no friends of peer review
Counter-intuitive conclusion may be tip of the iceberg, study warns. Matthew Reisz reports
-
Part-time pain: only one-third of students will be eligible for loans support
Part-time students will only have access to loans to cover their fees if they are taking first degrees under proposals for England that would rule out hundreds of thousands of people.An impact...
-
Ucas chief plans post-result result
Reform of application system 'would ease an overloaded system'. Rebecca Attwood reports
-
Concentrate...big six take larger income slice
Research council grant awards are good news for the largest research-intensives. Paul Jump reports
-
'We need impact and the time to deliver is right now'
Wellcome chief reminds universities of the pressure on research to produce results. Paul Jump reports
-
News in Brief
Scientific advicePlan to drop expert requirementsThe government plans to remove the legal requirement for there to be scientists on the Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs. The proposal follows...
-
Come and study...then go home
Strict stance on visas spelled out amid fears it will deter overseas students. John Morgan reports
-
Wrong direction
By backing coalition plans for higher fees, UUK president Steve Smith has failed students and universities, argues Aaron Porter
-
Rita, Stan and Ken, too
Fifty years old today, Coronation Street redefined commercial television. Clive Bloom celebrates the quietly socialist institution, once radical, now nostalgic, that offers us a vision of working-...
-
Daytime TV: Larger than life
Heroes exist in every arena, says Gary Day, and their passion and valour add colour and zest to history
-
Diary
OxfordShelley's Ghost: Reshaping the Image of a Literary FamilyThis major exhibition at the Bodleian Library in Oxford brings together material from its own collection and the New York Public Library...
-
The Pick - Cloak and dagger
Aware: Art Fashion IdentityRoyal Academy of Arts, until 30 January 2011Susie MacMurray's Widow looks like a great black glistening ball gown, perfect for a Hollywood star at a grand reception. It is...