Alarm over plans for Nottingham vet school
Nottingham University unveiled plans this week to create the first new veterinary science school for half a century - only for the representative body for vets to question the need for another school...
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It's Brit Art, but not as we know it
The cave engravings emerged first, then shadowy bas-reliefs. Steve Farrar reports The finest collection of Ice Age bas-relief sculpture found on a cave ceiling is as elusive as it is beautiful....
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MPs deliver a rocket to 'deeply flawed' Beagle 2 programme
Colin Pillinger, the Open University scientist who led Beagle 2 , the UK's failed mission to Mars, defended himself against a fresh rain of blows from the European Space Agency this week, writes Anna...
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Wellcome revises funding brief to focus on outcomes
Research funding at the Wellcome Trust, hit hard by stock market losses in recent years, is set to remain stable for the next few years, the organisation's new director of science funding has told...
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Bill's rough ride to get on the statute books
In just six months, Parliament has approved fundamental changes to English higher education that, depending on the view taken, will save or doom universities and students. Many in the sector find it...
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Graduates who can figure it out land highest-paid jobs
Students hoping to land the highest paid jobs after graduation should study subjects based on numbers rather than words, suggests an analysis of graduate salaries published this week. Graduates of...
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Elite stump up millions in hunt for research stars
Nottingham There has been a "step change" in top academic salaries at Nottingham University, partly in response to the recruitment market becoming increasingly competitive, according to Keith Jones,...
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Stress and bias prove a winning BA formula
Groundbreaking research that suggests that our response to stressful situations such as divorce or losing a job is written in our genes has landed Terrie Moffitt a British Academy fellowship....
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Lap dancers will seek to unionise, says academic
Lap-dancing clubs could start targeting a female audience as a result of moves to unionise erotic dancers in the UK, a Stirling University industrial relations expert predicts. Gregor Gall told the...
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100 foundation degrees are put on hold by awarding body
Awarding body Edexcel has been forced to abandon plans to offer almost 100 foundation degree courses from September, after The Times Higher 's report that the proposed courses would breach academic...
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'Bums-on-seats' policy leads more students to drop out
Recruiting underqualified candidates to inappropriate courses is the main reason students drop out of university and college, according to research published this week. In interviews with more than...
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FE fury as Johnson attacks quality
Universities must continue to safeguard the quality and standards of higher education courses delivered by further education colleges, Alan Johnson, the Higher Education Minister, said this week....
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Scientists make salmon run
Glasgow University researchers are promoting the benefits of a regular fitness regime - by developing aqua-aerobics for fish. Studies of fish in tanks suggest that if currents are increased to boost...
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Dismay at loss of planned campus
The Mayor of London and one of the Government's most promising ministers have rounded on Middlesex University for abandoning plans to set up a new campus in the capital while pressing ahead with a...
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Melbourne
A Monash University student from China who brought several guns into a commerce tutorial 18 months ago and killed two students, wounded four others and shot his lecturer was last month found not...