One of the main issues facing young academics is the increasing casualisation of the higher education workforce. But the emphasis that current education policy places on creating a "flexible...
Tory plans for higher education funding would restrict access, argues Vincent Carpentier. The Conservatives' "Funding the Future" has been presented as a radical project for higher education that...
Proposals to allow IQ tests to be used to diagnose dyslexia will increase discrimination, says Ross Cooper. Dyslexia is at the centre of a bitter battle - and new recommendations on learning...
Such comments won't help homesick students settle, but getting them to socialise and advising them to learn to cook will, says Jill Nicholls Homesickness is normal, I say. There is a slight shift in...
What is your experience of teaching? Name: Hugh Jones Age: 37 Job: Academic manager/reader in astronomy at Hertfordshire University (previously at Liverpool John Moores University). Salary: About £37...
Managers at Cambridge University are unwilling to deal with underperforming staff adequately, an internal report for the university suggests. The review concluded there is a "widespread perception"...
Manchester Metropolitan University has backed down over plans to introduce what lecturers' union Natfhe termed "burger bar"-style contracts for part-time and hourly paid staff. The union is hailing...
Go backwards to go forwards Are you awake at the back? In our new careers and jobs section, how to keep students' attention throughout the year; a department audit; why ethics is taught on ever more...
Scottish universities have avoided the disparities between ethnic groups seen in English higher education, a three-year study has concluded. Young people from ethnic minorities in Glasgow are just as...
No place at Oxford for girl who scored 100% A student who is the only ever to have achieved a perfect score in her Greek A level has been refused a place to read classics at Oxford University. (Daily...
Luxembourg, 16 September 2004 C-423/03, Commission des Communautés européennes contre République de Finlande Judgment of the Court of Justice (Fourth Chamber) on 16 September 2004 (link to English...
Brussels, 16 Sep 2004 With hundreds of technical experts, business leaders and policy makers gathered in Brussels on 15 September to mark the launch of 12 EU funded Grid research projects, the...
Brussels, 16 Sep 2004 Germany has recently strengthened its bilateral scientific cooperation with both Hungary and Israel. On 15 September, German Education and Research Minister Edelgard Bulmahn was...
Brussels, 16 Sep 2004 The European Commission is organising a conference to present the major conclusions of the 'vision report' on the future of photovoltaics, to take place in Brussels, Belgium, on...
Brussels, 16 Sep 2004 The European Commission has published a call for tenders for 'Science and society - science education and careers' under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). The call relates to...