V-c withdraws docking threat
A vice-chancellor has done a U-turn over his plans to dock the pay of staff boycotting student assessments, writes Phil Baty. The move by David Halton, vice-chancellor of Glamorgan University, has...
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Dispute dispatches
Liverpool John Moores University: three union members are refusing to work on a whole-institution Quality Assurance Agency audit. In the engineering department, no exam scripts are being handed in....
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Natfhe candidate will set up two-horse race
An opponent has emerged to run head-to-head with Sally Hunt for leadership of 120,000-member 'super-union' Sally Hunt, head of the Association of University Teachers, will face a top-level challenger...
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Next week
ANATOMY OF A DISPUTE Analysis of the major players in the pay dispute PLUS Sustainability supplement, Andrew Motion on literary festivals and Chris McManus gets to grips with Handel and the castrati
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Journal index fuels RAE fears
A drive by the Arts and Humanities Research Council for a Europe-wide citation index this week reignited fears among academics that such a list would be unfairly employed in the next research...
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Comedy degree no joke
Have you heard the one about the students taking a degree in comedy? It may sound like the start of a bad joke, but Southampton Solent University could not be more serious. The university claimed...
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Sussex seeks new talent, but axe must fall to pay bill
Sussex University has announced plans to create up to 75 new academic posts as part of a £4.4 million programme of "academic renewal". The first 20 jobs, advertised in The Times Higher this week,...
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New ID brings in gold
Sheffield University has won a top award for a marketing strategy that has helped the institution carve out a distinct identity in the increasingly competitive higher education market. The university...
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Say it with cake
Members of pro-animal research group Pro-Test handed out doughnuts and cakes to workers at the construction site of Oxford University's animal research laboratory. Laurie Pycroft, Pro-Test founder,...
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Warwick investigates lecturer who 'unwittingly' drew on another's work
Warwick University is investigating an academic accused of plagiarism after one of his published papers was found by a journal to have "replicated or rephrased large parts" of work by another...
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Heads told to wake up to corporate manslaughter laws
Universities could face unlimited fines for causing death through negligence if they fail to take on board new corporate manslaughter laws, a conference has heard. A construction expert told the...
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Threat to dawdlers over fixed contracts
Universities could find themselves embroiled in costly employment tribunals unless they do more to comply with European Union regulations on fixed-term contracts, the Association of University...
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2008 - an RAE too far?
What should happen to the next research assessment exercise? The Times Higher asks vice-chancellors for their responses "The research assessment exercise has done the job it was intended for, and the...
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UCE appoints Tidmarsh
The University of Central England has announced that David Tidmarsh will take over as vice-chancellor on the retirement of Peter Knight. Professor Tidmarsh is currently vice-chancellor of Anglia...
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York wins Green Gown
York University's £11 million National Science Learning Centre this week won a Green Gown award for its environmentally sensitive construction. The awards were established to raise awareness of the...