Gill Nicholls, new pro vice-chancellor of Durham University, praises the professionalisation of teaching Society is losing track of what academics should be doing and what students are entitled to,...
* Tariq Ramadan , philosopher, Arabist and visiting fellow at St Anthony's College, Oxford, has been appointed visiting professor at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, for two years from January 1. *...
Universities are using consultants posing as would-be students to test the 'customer care' skills of academics. Phil Baty reports Groups of fake students and their parents are being unleashed on...
Tributes were paid this week to Roland Levinsky, vice-chancellor of Plymouth University, who was killed by a falling power cable on New Year's Day. Professor Levinsky, 63, was walking his dog in a...
When I'm 65 Will anti-age discrimination laws encourage employees to work beyond traditional retirement age? We ask those approaching decision time
Huw Richards learns of Wilson's part in the return of a student to UK When Prime Minister Harold Wilson announced his retirement in March 1976, he promised not to "accept the headship or any other...
Peter Scott, a former editor of The Times Higher , was among a strong list of figures from higher education honoured by the Queen this new year. The vice-chancellor of Kingston University was...
In 1976, Britain suffered the worst drought in living memory. The Government was forced to go cap in hand to seek a huge loan from the International Monetary Fund and Harold Wilson shocked the nation...
Employers prepare to discuss consortia model of negotiations as UCU reiterates its commitment to UK-wide bargaining. Claire Sanders reports Vice-chancellors could band together to negotiate the...
Westminster University has confirmed that it has appointed Geoffrey Petts its new vice-chancellor. Professor Petts, 53, is pro vice-chancellor at Birmingham University and a leading environmental...
The British Medical Association says the Government must not lift the cap on student fees, in its submission to the Education Select Committee's review of higher education sustainability. "Student...
Researchers in Manchester University's School of Dentistry have created a unique way of identifying osteoporosis sufferers from ordinary dental X-rays. The new technique involves measuring the...
A "skills bus" to help medical students on work placements to practise basic skills such as taking blood and inserting catheters when they are away from the university has been launched by City...
The research councils and Universities UK are to publish draft proposals for a revamped concordat and code of practice for research staff in universities at the end of this month. The concordat has...
The North East England History Institute, which is responsible for bringing together historians from all five of the north-eastern universities, is based at Bolbec Hall in Newcastle and not Teesside...