Lord Mandelson will be representing universities in the Cabinet as the Government prepares to launch its review of top-up fees - but amid speculation that he is now Gordon Brown's deputy in all but...
There were angry reactions when news emerged on the Times Higher Education website last week that the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills had been scrapped and replaced by the...
While MPs continue to feel the wrath of the electorate over their dubious expenses claims, one vice-chancellor has taken the bull by the horns and allowed staff to scrutinise his financial records....
More than 1,000 campaigners have signed a petition demanding the UK research councils reverse their policy to direct funds to "projects whose outcomes are specified in advance".The petition is...
V-c says QAA's methodology hampers the sector's efforts to defend itself. Rebecca Attwood reportsWeaknesses in the Quality Assurance Agency's methods have made it difficult for the sector to refute...
Executives look at 'cost-saving opportunities' as cuts hit other institutions, writes Melanie Newman
Loughborough University scooped the top prize at the inaugural Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards, run in association with the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education.The...
An inquest into the suicide of a senior fashion lecturer at Southampton Solent University heard that his death may in part have been related to his work. Carl Baybut hanged himself in February, a few...
Internal investigation found that Manchester was misled over criminal past. Melanie Newman reports
A unique collection charting the 125-year history of Marks & Spencer is to be housed at the University of Leeds, in the city where the retail giant was born.The archive, which has been relocated...
Report argues that 'people's trust' would be fairer and raise more cash. Rebecca Attwood writes
The Medical Research Council could be combined with the research arm of the National Health Service in a move that is likely to worry those involved with basic research.The possibility of a merger...
They have taken place in pubs, living rooms and church halls, but now book groups are moving into a Scottish university's halls of residence.Every new student enrolling at the University of St...
Decline in language skills could end UK historians' European pre-eminence. Matthew Reisz writes
Sensitive data on performance may be made openly available to colleagues. Melanie Newman reports