Clarke: stick to targets or pay
Cash penalties will be imposed on universities if they take too many students in the run-up to top-up fees under a government commitment that puts teaching quality ahead of student expansion. Charles...
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Want to be a prof? It's a one in ten shot
Academics eager to achieve the coveted title of professor can now pinpoint the universities awarding most chairs. Official figures compiled for The Times Higher reveal that the proportion of...
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'I feel privileged to lead brighton at a critical time for the sector'
Brighton's new v-c, Julian Crampton, has a strong track record in higher education and linking up with industry Julian Crampton, an expert in venomous snake and spider bites, was this week announced...
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On the move ...
* Tom Sawyer, former deputy general secretary of public service union Nupe (now Unison) and general secretary of the Labour Party, and former chairman of Notting Hill Housing Group, has been elected...
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Leeds Met sets fees at £2,000
University hopes to make high impact in market with low charges. Claire Sanders reports Leeds Metropolitan University this week became the first institution to opt for fees as low as £2,000 a year...
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'Ethics' ruling raises fears for free speech
Academics at Durham University must get approval from an "ethics" committee if they want to deliver lectures and tutorials on topics that could cause offence to students. Subjects include euthanasia...
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Next week
TIMES HIGHER GOES CHRISTMAS CRACKERS Pub landlord comic Al Murray stands up for dumbing down American literature reader Kevin McCarron stands up for a living PLUS It's all PANTS - results of the...
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Boycott suspended
The Association of University Teachers has agreed to suspend its academic boycott - or greylisting - of Nottingham University. The union suspended greylisting as a gesture of goodwill after informal...
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Race equality toolkit
A new report concludes that clearer guidelines are needed for institutions implementing the Race Relations Amendment Act (2000). It concludes that clearer guidelines are needed. Race Equality:...
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Libraries join the net
Historic book collections in Oxford University's Bodleian Library are to be made available to the public online through a joint initiative with web search engine company Google. Oxford, and the US...
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Red-tape warning
The group responsible for recommending reductions in higher education bureaucracy has warned its successor body to guard against new threats. The Better Regulation Review Group, chaired by David...
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Race for place tightens
Oxford University's admissions figures published this week show that the proportion of applicants offered a place has dropped for the third year running. Three years ago more than a third (34.2 per...
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Furious parents round on Exeter
A group of angry parents and secondary schoolteachers are preparing to take legal action against Exeter University if it approves plans to close its chemistry and music departments next week. The...
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Drop in demand forces Hull to axe maths
Hull University is to close its maths department in the face of falling student demand for the subject. The university has said that existing staff will be moved to York University to ensure that...
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It's a downward spiral of decline
As degree up-take dwindles, so does teacher supply. Anthea Lipsett reports "In 2002, only 7 per cent of people who went into secondary schools to teach science had a physics degree," says Peter Main...