Credit where it isn't due on rise
Anecdotal evidence points to senior academics unjustly demanding co- authorship of junior researchers' papers, writes Tariq Tahir. Cases in which a senior academic takes credit as a co-author on a...
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Blog MP shares vision of slashing academia
Half the university courses on offer should be scrapped, and the brightest students should be paid to go to university. These are the views of an MP who is set to scrutinise government policy on...
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'Larkin's presence is still felt but that wasn't on my mind when I accepted'
An eminent writer has joined Hull University, which has played to host some of Britain's best-known poets. The opportunity to inspire budding writers has enticed one of the country's most eminent...
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On the move
Salford University has appointed Jonathan Parke , formerly at Nottingham Trent University, as lecturer and senior researcher in the Centre for the Study of Gambling. - David Bradshaw , former...
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Scottish universities' budget hopes dashed
A university funding shortfall in Scotland could leave the UK with a two-tier system, it was claimed this week, writes Tariq Tahir. Universities Scotland asked for a funding package that would have...
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Brown softens stand in extremism debate
Prime Minister says universities must protect free speech while monitoring threats. Melanie Newman reports. Tackling extremism on university campuses remains a key government concern, the Prime...
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UK politics research is 'world class'
Politics and international studies research being carried out in UK universities is "world class", and the field is well placed for the future, according to an independent international review. The...
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Imperial venture in India
Imperial Innovations, the company founded by Imperial College London to exploit its academics' inventions, is setting up an associate company in India to commercialise the products of Indian research...
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Thawing UK reserve
"Ghettos" of overseas students need to be broken up if UK universities are to lose a reputation for being "less friendly" than other nations. A report from the Council for Industry and Higher...
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Baker to head GuildHE
David Baker, principal of University College Plymouth St Mark and St John, replaces Pamela Taylor as chair of GuildHE. Professor Baker, previously vice-chair, will serve for two years at the...
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Building go-getters
Fewer than half of English universities have the right institutional policies, staff programmes and infrastructure in place to develop an entrepreneurial culture, according to a study by the National...
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LJMU's star chancellor
Rock star and astrophysicist Brian May has been confirmed as the new chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University. Dr May, who shot to stardom with rock band Queen, succeeds Cherie Booth QC in the...
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Anti-terror funds awarded
Winners of nine grants from a controversial Foreign Office-funded programme to help combat terrorism have been announced. Last year, The Times Higher revealed that the Economic and Social Research...
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RAE process 'would exclude Nobel laureates'
Nobel laureates would have had their papers rejected for the research assessment exercise if the methods used at Queen Mary, University of London, were applied to them, an academic there has claimed...
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Bodleian library plan rejected
Oxford University's controversial plan for a giant book storage facility was dealt a severe blow this week when city councillors refused it planning permission, writes Melanie Newman. The blueprint...