Janet Paraskeva is not a name usually mentioned in higher education circles. But vice-chancellors would do well to sit up and take note, writes Claire Sanders. Later this month the Law Society, of...
The Law Society is proposing a radical reorganisation of legal education that could see the end of popular - and, for universities, highly lucrative - law courses. The future of the obligatory...
The value of university spin-off companies floated on the stock market has outstripped, in just one year, the Government's entire spend on "knowledge transfer" activities. Companies based on the...
The UK's new agency for promoting best practice among academics faces potential embarrassment after inviting an Australian academic accused of bullying to speak at its inaugural conference. Craig...
Cherie Booth, the Prime Minister's wife, may be dragged into an escalating industrial dispute at Liverpool John Moores University. The LJMU branch of lecturers' union Natfhe last week unanimously...
Manchester University this week unveiled plans to offer scholarships worth up to £5,000 a year to well-qualified students from low-income families applying next year for degree course places. The...
The creation of Cumbria University came a step closer this week with the appointment of Sir Martin Harris, the director of the Office for Fair Access, to oversee the next stage of development. Sir...
Scotland has won a 5 per cent increase in cash awarded under the Science Research Investment Fund, amounting to £103 million, or 12.2 per cent of the available UK money. Edinburgh University has won...
Edinburgh University has announced the shortlist for the James Tait Memorial Prize. The shortlisted novels are Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell; Pschoraag by Suhayl Saadi; GB84 by David Peace; Havoc in...
* Katherine Lee , not her real name, is a researcher in cell and molecular biology. She worked for free for a year to get back into research after a career break. "I had a PhD and a lot of teaching...
When fixed-term contracts end, many academics are forced to work for free publishing papers to get back on the career ladder. Claire Sanders reports Two researchers who ended up working full time in...
Young philosophers have threatened to boycott certain academic journals, some of which take three years to respond to papers submitted, in a protest against bad practice. In a development that could...
The Arts and Humanities Research Board has postponed plans to compile "top-ten" lists of the best academic journals as a way of measuring the sector's research performance, in the face of mass...
Students could get a cut-price degree by following a university-validated course at a further education college, it was claimed this week. Sir Martin Harris, director of the Office for Fair Access,...
Although Farnborough College has 1,100 higher education students and offers a wide range of degree, foundation degree and even masters courses, it has decided not to submit an access agreement and...