Unions' dismay at Ucea's 'appalling' pay offer
The five higher education trade unions have indicated they are likely to reject a 0.5 per cent pay offer made by employers.In a joint statement, the University and College Union, the Educational...
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Artists may hold the formula for a renaissance in maths
Art is 'profoundly similar' to mathematics and can help revive it, paper argues. Hannah Fearn writes
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Graduate employment data make 'grim reading'
The proportion of graduates who were unemployed six months after completing their degrees rose by more than a third last year, new figures reveal.The statistics, which date from 2007-08 and so do not...
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Group reminds institutions of duty to help lowest paid
Universities told of 'moral obligation' to pay more than minimum wage. Melanie Newman reports
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Irish universities to fight new controls on staff spending
The heads of Irish universities have questioned the legality of attempts by the Government to place a moratorium on the recruitment and promotion of staff.The seven Irish universities have been given...
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No regulation, no CAM revival, Uclan decides
Degrees in homoeopathy, acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine will not be revived by the University of Central Lancashire unless the Government uses its statutory powers to regulate the subjects....
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It's a big day, and it keeps getting bigger
Graduation ceremonies proliferate as student numbers and interest rises. Ciaran Jones reportsThe number of graduation ceremonies held by universities has rocketed as the expansion of higher education...
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You won't win, you can't speak
Dundee rector and by-election candidate was not invited to UCU debate. Melanie Newman reports
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News in brief
Pakistani studentsImmigration officials release twoTwo Pakistani students arrested in April on suspicion of terrorism offences have been released by the immigration authorities. The men, who had...
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Can't buy you love
Gary Day is disturbed by a dramatisation of the financial crisis and a portrayal of society's decline
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Abandon ‘out-of-date’ Haldane principle on research priorities
Select committee says it’s time for ‘transparent and rigorous’ debate on publicly funded work. Melanie Newman reports
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V-c exits City
Malcolm Gillies resigns after governance clash with the university’s council. Melanie Newman reports
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Exam howlers competition
Remember the economics student who attributed the run on Northern Rock to the "laxative enforcement policies" of the Financial Services Authority? Yes, it is that time of the year again. Times Higher...
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23 July 2009
Your true colours - The case for branding in higher education
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Service industries are main destination of STEM graduates
Royal Society seeks more recognition of the ‘large pool of scientists’ in sectors from finance to retail. Hannah Fearn writes