40% of Luton students would not recommend alma mater
Two in five students at Luton University would not recommend the institution to a friend, according to documents passed to The Times Higher , writes Phil Baty. An internal survey of students...
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Date rape is the new student fear
The danger of date rape on campuses and the "vulnerability" of first-year and international students to muggers was highlighted this week as police and university security chiefs gathered to discuss...
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Surely some mishsnake?
Children visiting Paignton Zoo in Devon after seeing Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets thought the zoo had made a mistake with its basilisk. In the film, the basilisk is a giant snake, when in...
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Top-ups row could be ticket to power
Phil Baty reports from the Lib Dems conference, where hopes are high The promise of free higher education has been hailed as the single "most powerful weapon" of a future election campaign by the...
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It's my party ...
Phil Baty reports from the Lib Dems conference, where hopes are high Richard Grayson, Goldsmiths University politics lecturer, has been a committed Liberal Democrat since he defected from the...
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Disgruntled teacher eyes up Clarke's Norwich seat
Phil Baty reports from the Lib Dems conference, where hopes are high The Liberal Democrats are confident they can topple Charles Clarke, Education Secretary, at the next election, claiming one of...
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Harvard breaks through the $20bn barrier
Harvard University announced last week that its endowment had passed the $20 billion mark, rising to $22.6 billion (£12.6 billion) for the year to the end of June. This is 25 times larger than that...
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RAF trade
A Harrier jump-jet fighter has 'landed' at Coventry University as part of a £400,000 investment in an aerospace laboratory - the only one of its kind in a UK university. The laboratory has been...
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Hard choices lie ahead, panel warns Cambridge
Cambridge University needs to face up to tough decisions about the range of academic work and the future of courses if it is to retain its world-class reputation and address a £71 million funding...
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Spin-off division to be spun off
The Cambridge department that spins off researchers' ideas for commercial exploitation is itself set to be spun off as part of an overhaul of the help available to academics applying for grants or...
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London looks for strength in unity
42 institutions are pooling their considerable resources. Chris Johnston reports London's universities are so busy competing with one another that they do not give a second thought to the possibility...
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Collaboration in the capital
42 institutions are pooling their considerable resources. Chris Johnston reports * WestFocus is a consortium set up to provide an innovation network to support high-tech and knowledge-based...
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City's colleges forge beneficial links with their higher neighbours
42 institutions are pooling their considerable resources. Chris Johnston reports Higher education in London may be big but further education is bigger, boasting more colleges and far more students....
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Debts may rise in Scots rejig
Tens of thousands of students at Scottish universities from elsewhere in the UK could struggle financially because their loan payments are out of kilter with new academic semesters being introduced...
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Welsh row as assembly denies top-ups U-turn
Students who start degrees at Welsh institutions in 2006 may have to pay top-up fees from 2007, university heads fear, Tony Tysome writes. Vice-chancellors claim that the Welsh Assembly has backed...