To remain competitive, we must play to our strengths in research
The UK's elite universities help industry and wider society to prosper. They need to be funded appropriately, argues Roy Anderson
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The week in higher education
A historian has claimed that the Kremlin may be behind a decision by a Russian publishing house to ditch his latest book, about life under Joseph Stalin.The publisher, Atticus, insisted it made a...
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Russell Group counts the cost as allocations slash the funding available per researcher
Amount for elite staff cut by £6,000, Times Higher Education analysis shows. Zoë Corbyn reports
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It's clearly a place of excellence, but is it a pocket or an island?
When a large number of departments in teaching-led universities were discovered by the 2008 research assessment exercise to be producing world-class work, a new phrase quickly entered the higher...
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'Super panels' let arts off easy
Hefce board member says science subjects were held to higher standards, writes Zoë Corbyn
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MPs call for 'toothless' watchdog to be put down
QAA defends its reputation as select committee openly doubts its influence, writes Rebecca Attwood
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Rose-tinted spectacles come off ..
Rose-tinted spectacles come off as MPs hear about plagues of plagiarism and faulty washing machinesChairman Phil Willis began the latest session of the Parliamentary inquiry into university standards...
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Lib Dems declare their opposition to higher education expansion
Government's 50 per cent participation target criticised as 'simplistic'. Melanie Newman reports
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Colleges claim FE students lose out on places
Universities should be "compelled" to form partnerships with local further education colleges to ensure that the latter's students get a fair chance to enrol on their degree courses, MPs have heard....
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Liverpool may drop subjects ranked below 4* in RAE
Departments without 'world-leading' work face closure, says memo. Melanie Newman reports
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MBA exchange programme standards queried
A top business school has had a ticking-off from the university quality watchdog.In an audit at the London Business School, the Quality Assurance Agency said it could place only "limited confidence"...
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Petition calls for sacking of lecturer named on leaked BNP members' list
Birmingham Conservatoire academic denies links to 'extreme groups'. Melanie Newman writes
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RCA to shoulder costs as student case casts light on ELQ cuts' impact
Undergraduate faced overseas fees for masters until rector's intervention. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Lifelong learning threatened by funding change
Universities are closing or reviewing the future of their lifelong learning departments, blaming the "progressive withdrawal" of government funding for adult education classes.This week, the...
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Daytime TV: Naked truths
Gary Day enjoys the evolution behind why humans have no fur, but finds a Yorkshire tale far-fetched