Haifa threatens AUT with legal action
The Association of University Teachers has been threatened with legal action over its move to boycott Haifa University, writes Phil Baty. Solicitors Mishcon de Reya, acting for Haifa University, said...
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5% pay offer is 'asking for a fight'
All six campus trade unions united this week to reject a 5 per cent pay rise over two years. Lecturers' union Natfhe and the Association of University Teachers said the offer, which covers 2005-06...
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Pizzagate dogs poll
Graham Upton, vice-chancellor of Oxford Brookes University, has questioned a student vote of no confidence in him over the switch from three terms to two semesters. Student leaders say the vote...
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Only the boys boot up
Computer gaming has long been seen as a blokey pastime, but Derby University was surprised that not one of 106 applicants to its BSc in computer games programming was female. It hopes to encourage...
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Wallace to quit
Jim Wallace, Scotland's Lifelong Learning Minister and Deputy First Minister in the Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition, has announced his resignation.
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Top-up addendum
Two institutions were excluded in error from last week's survey of university income and bursaries for 2006 onwards. Edge Hill College believes that it will raise £2.88 million from higher tuition...
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More gold from Heist
The April 22 edition of The Times Higher stated that Abderdeen University and York St John College won Heist Gold Awards. King's College London also won a Heist Gold Award for its 2005 postgraduate...
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Italian law contravenes EU law by failing to take account of experience acquired by applicants for teaching jobs in other EU countries in same way as experience in Italy: judgment (C-278/03)
Luxembourg, 12 May 2005 C-8/03, Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic Judgment of the Court of Justice (Second Chamber) on 12 May 2005 (link to English version when available)....
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Outcome of the First Reading of Proposal for a Recommendation to Facilitate Uniform Short-Stay Visas for Researchers (link)
Brussels, 12 May 2005 Full text of Document 7954/05 Suite of documents 7954/05 Subject: Proposal for a Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council to facilitate the issue by Member...
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BITE project initiates a European debate on the ethics of biometrics
Brussels, 12 May 2005 Biometrics technology is increasingly being discussed as a means to tackle fraud and theft. National debates are underway in several countries on how desirable this technology...
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Russian and EU leaders adopt road map towards 'common space of research'
Brussels, 12 May 2005 The political leaders of the European Union and the Russian Federation have taken a further step towards the creation of a 'Common space of research and education' between the...
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US must take steps to attract the best international scientists, argues new report
Brussels, 12 May 2005 In light of the increased global competition for top-level students and researchers, a comprehensive effort is needed to attract the best to the US, according to a new report by...
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Today's news
London Met lecturers to strike Lecturers at London Metropolitan University have vowed to disrupt an inspection by the government's higher education watchdog by going on strike for the whole of next...
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Laurie Taylor Column
"We (academics) seem to be inundated with new courses" - Nancy Rothwell , The Times Higher, May 6 UNIVERSITY OF POPPLETON From: Jamie Targett, Director of Corporate Development Subject: Summer Term...
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Leader: Take a long-term view on research
Like other treadmills, the research assessment exercise is universally unpopular but hard to escape. The full impact of the reforms introduced for 2008 will become obvious only when the results - and...