Soon, we'll be banking it
How to thrive in recession - create a market in university course futures. Richard Middleton has a modest proposal
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Watchdog makes case for a guard with teeth, but will it have the bite?
The QAA makes some sound recommendations, but it ducks the most troublesome issues, say Geoffrey Alderman and Roger Brown
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Top scientists in molecular biology and genetics
Data provided by Thomson Reuters from its Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 1999-28 February 2009
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The week in higher education
Another student claims to have sold her virginity to pay her way through college. Alina Percea, an 18-year-old Romanian, says she raised £9,000 from the online sale, having sex for the first time...
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Hunt to urge unity at union's annual meet
UCU head to decry employers' 'subversion' and call for united front. Melanie Newman reports
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Hefce scrutinised London Met's completion data as far back as 2003-04
Inaccuracies in the student data reported by London Metropolitan University were uncovered by funding chiefs dating as far back as 2003-04.Times Higher Education has learnt that the Higher Education...
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Freedom fighters 'when it suits'
Scholars switch between protesting against and hiding behind the system, writes Rebecca Attwood
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Lecturer suspended over allegations of defamation
Material claimed head of school used influence in university appointment. Melanie Newman reports
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Funding bonanza for Northern Ireland duo
Northern Ireland's two universities are to see above-inflation increases in their total funding for 2009-10 after nearly £200 million in block grants covering teaching and research was announced by...
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Terror suspects' college found to be bogus
Two Liverpool John Moores University students who were among 12 men arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences last month had certificates from a bogus college, it has emerged.However, the...
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Housing policies 'impose' a middle-class makeover
Academics blamed for insensitive 'gentrification' of working-class areas. Zoe Corbyn reports
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Work with industry pays in publications - to a point
Not too little, not too much collaboration found to be optimal for productivity. John Gill reports
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Teaching and research split in 'perfect' system
The establishment of teaching-only universities to subsidise a few elite research powerhouses has been put forward as part of a model for a perfect university system.The theoretical model has been...
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Imperial scraps languages in course review
Imperial College London is cutting back its foreign-language teaching provision with the loss of up to 20 jobs. All beginners' language courses are to go, while courses in Arabic, Italian, Japanese...
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It may take crisis to spur donations, analysis says
With UK public still slow to give, universities launch graduate fundraising training. John Gill reports