'My 30 years of big fat no's'
Obesity researcher reveals rejections to highlight establishment 'prejudice'. Phil Baty reports A professor at a leading university this week risked public embarrassment by releasing details of...
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£10m for defence research
The Ministry of Defence this week announced £10 million in new funding for research, as well as two new fellowship schemes. It is hoped that the cash will support a "competition of ideas" that will...
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Dare to compare
The University and College Union has launched an online database that allows members to compare pay and conditions at different institutions. The database covers pay, hours, holidays, career breaks,...
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Funding feedback
GuildHE, the body representing higher education colleges, has called for "threshold" funding for institutions to support research capacity as part of any future approach to research assessment and...
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Focused fellowships
The Higher Education Academy is seeking project proposals under its National Teaching Fellowship Scheme. Teams led by higher education institutions in England can bid for funding of up to £200,000...
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Fall in applications
The number of applications for undergraduate courses fell 3.1 per cent this year compared with last year, according to figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. The data also...
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£2m for new library
Leicester University is to get a £2 million donation towards building a new library from David Wilson, chair of Leicestershire-based construction group Wilson Bowden plc. The £.9 million remodelled...
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Crime concerns
More than half of nearly 400 students polled claim to have been victims of crime, a survey has found. Respondents believed they had a 62 per cent chance of being mugged and assaulted; female students...
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Marketing a mystery to third of managers
Many senior university staff are ignorant of the cost and cost-effectiveness of campaigns. Tony Tysome reports Millions of pounds a year are being "misspent" or "misdirected" on marketing in...
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Branding burns Bournemouth
Bournemouth University has come under fire from students and staff for spending £120,000 on a rebranding exercise, including a new logo made up of the letters BU, writes Tony Tysome. Phil MacGregor,...
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Welsh v-cs lose review battle
Vice-chancellors in Wales say that they have been "let down" by the Quality Assurance Agency in their fight against a move to allow the Welsh equivalent of Ofsted to inspect higher education courses...
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Drop 'raiders of lost argot' act
Academics involved in global efforts to preserve thousands of dying languages have been accused of seeing themselves as "Indiana Jones"-style linguists - when many communities are not overly...
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Students to see full feedback
Access to unedited external examiners' reports on course quality will be provided after review finds that summaries are vague and often censored. Phil Baty reports Full and uncensored examiners'...
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Inside track...
Our occasional column keeps you abreast of developments in the jobs market, from tip-offs and career pointers to who's on the move in your field Global ambitions ob hunters should keep an eye on the...
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Essay firm joins copy fight
Bank of 'model' answers is opened to plagiarism detectives, writes Phil Baty Lecturers' jobs are about to get much easier with the news that Coursework.Info, the UK's biggest provider of "model"...