Female heads big winners in pay stakes
Female university heads are among the biggest winners in the latest rankings of senior academic salaries as pay rises for vice-chancellors reach record highs. In this year's pay survey of university...
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'Isolated' black staff plan network to challenge union over race
Black academics are so disillusioned with the Association of University Teachers that they plan to set up a network to put pressure on employers and unions to take race equality more seriously. An...
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'We need to lay the right foundations. there is a lot of work to be done'
Mike Prosser hopes to boost evidence-based research when he joins the Higher Education Academy When Mike Prosser becomes the Higher Education Academy's research director on March 1, he will lead the...
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On the move
Seamus McDaid , vice-principal, professor and interim chairman of Renfrewshire and Inverclyde National Health Service Primary Care Trust, has been appointed acting principal of Paisley University....
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Tobacco cleans up toxic act
Tobacco could soon be used to treat cancer-causing pollutants thanks to a bizarre twist of science. Companies still traditionally deal with the problem of contaminated land by removing the soil and...
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'Diplomas fail to heal 14-19 split'
Higher and further education leaders united this week to criticise the Government for wasting the opportunity to reform 16-to-19 education. The Government has ignored the central plank of proposals...
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The Highers set to roll out red carpet for HE
The first annual awards to recognise the achievements of universities, colleges and the people who work in them are launched this week by The Times Higher . Fourteen awards, covering a wide range of...
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MPs to attack UKeU bonuses
MPs are to savage the bonus payments paid to key figures behind the UK's ill-fated e-university in a report next week. The Times Higher has learnt that the Education and Skills Select Committee...
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Next week
Helena Kennedy and Anthony Giddens How will history judge... Tony Blair? PLUS : World rankings for biomedicine
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Napier aims for top spot
Napier University is advertising for three "champions of change" to help to achieve its goal of becoming Scotland's leading modern university within five years. Joan Stringer, the principal, is...
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AUT to fight Brunel axe
The Association of University Teachers is to ballot members on industrial action in its fight to stop Brunel University axeing 60 jobs. The university is keen to boost its research standing and is...
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Ulster seeks expansion
Ulster University this week unveiled plans to almost treble student numbers on its Magee campus in Londonderry. In the past 20 years the university has increased the numbers on the campus by more...
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First-years share £1m
A bursaries scheme that rewards undergraduates who take sciences or modern languages was unveiled by Lancaster University this week. The university said it would commit £1 million to student support...
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Words mean prizes
A £7,500 literary prize for students on the University of East Anglia's famous creative writing masters course will be launched next month. The prize, the biggest of its kind, will be awarded by...
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Correction
We reported last week that no one from the Association of University Teachers had been available to comment on a local pay dispute ("Unions boycott pay talks"). In fact, the AUT did provide a comment...