The University and College Union at Heriot-Watt University has accused managers of breaking employment law by warning individual members of staff that they are at risk of compulsory redundancy ahead...
Eighty staff at Thames Valley University have already agreed to leave under a voluntary severance scheme introduced last year, but the university said further savings are required. "A targeted...
United StatesMeasures of successAcademics must seize the initiative by showing how success should be measured in higher education, an American expert on accreditation has said. Judith Eaton,...
Finland and Sweden plan to cash in by charging non-EU students for tuition, writes Will Sillitoe
Political scientists and others new to energy research are being sought to help shape policy, writes Zoë Corbyn
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCILThirteen projects will share more than £300,000 under the Science and Heritage Research Clusters Scheme. The other winners were listed last week.Award winner: A.M...
New immigration rules will defend the sector's reputation by sifting out bogus students and institutions, says Phil Woolas
Through lifelong learning cuts, the Government's ELQ policy hurts those who most need access and opportunity, says Tom Sperlinger
Dissemination is not enough; communication is the goal - and that requires us to drop the jargon, argues Sally Taylor
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The choice of President Barack Obama to deliver a graduation address at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, a Catholic institution, has provoked a "furious reaction from Church leaders", The Daily...
But report claims some scholars fear third-stream activity has gone too far, writes Hannah Fearn
But he says sector must develop knowledge and skills beyond academe. Melanie Newman reports
A research council fell short of good practice when allocating £5 million in grants for knowledge transfer, the Russell Group claimed this week.The representative body of large research-led...
Parlous state of UK finances leaves science funding uncertain. Zoë Corbyn reports