Colleges complain of £1.3bn shortfall
College heads say further education is the significant loser in this autumn's spending round, thanks to funding promises made to higher education and schools, writes Tony Tysome. They claim that £1.5...
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Linguists lost in translation find new life in poetry
Portsmouth University has brought a twist to studying the languages of Dante and Schiller, Cervantes and Proust. Modern language students are being encouraged to get in touch with their creative side...
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Private US university hit by £8m fine
The breakneck growth of private for-profit universities in the US has suffered a setback after allegations that the nation's largest commercial higher education corporation recruited unqualified...
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Romania plans to strike over pay
Academics at universities in Romania are threatening to strike over pay from the beginning of the new academic year if the Government fails to agree to a 100 per cent pay increase effective...
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UN condemns 'illegal' election of rector at Kosovo-Mitrovica
The Serbian-taught University of Kosovo-Mitrovica has lost accreditation from the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo on the grounds that the election of its rector was illegal....
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Election may halt top-ups
Thousands of prospective university students in Australia will not know until late next month what course fees they will have to pay in January. The students have to complete their applications for...
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Anger over rule change for merged NZ university
The University of Aukland has won special treatment for future research assessment after a merger this month with a teacher- training college. The combined scores of the university and Aukland...
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Alison Wolf
After more than 200 years, The Wealth of Nations still offers insights about university funding and students I have been re-reading Adam Smith. Not, I'm afraid, in pursuit of a well-furnished mind,...
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Reunited: Shocking with such glee
Reggae poet Linton Kwesi Johnson studied sociology at Goldsmiths College from 1973 to 1976 Last year I attended my first graduation ceremony at my alma mater, Goldsmiths College, University of...
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Miner problem solved
Kim Howells, renowned for his brutally frank opinions on everything from the Royal Family to rap music, was an unexpected choice to replace the diplomatic Alan Johnson as Higher Education Minister....
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Writing of wrongs
Never one to keep quiet about her institution's problems, Gillian Evans, professor of medieval theology at Cambridge University, has published her insights on what is going wrong with Cambridge's...
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Not such a blue meanie?
Meanwhile, Conservative leader Michael Howard is worrying about the bank accounts of the middle classes. He told Conservative Future at the weekend that Labour's plans were wrong because of their "...
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Open effort to be secret
The Higher Education Academy, owned by Universities UK and the Standing Conference of Principals, promises to be all things to all higher education institutions. Odd then that Paul Ramsden, its chief...
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Building a reputation
If Glasgow University is contemplating any new building projects in the near future, its finance director may be getting nervous. Sir Muir Russell, Glasgow's principal, has been fingered as "...
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Why I... think universities need to respond more to changes in society
I have been teaching sociology at Westminster University for the past ten years. About three years ago, I noticed a change in the type of students in my classes. There were fewer mature and African-...