Anger at contract
Union leaders reacted angrily this week as up to half the staff at London Metropolitan University were given their notice and told to agree to "more prescriptive" terms and conditions or lose their...
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Paediatricians fear 'orchestrated' attacks
Doctors may soon stop appearing in court to defend abused children because of an increasingly organised campaign of violence and intimidation from accused parents, a conference heard. David Southall...
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Schwartz: avoid state pupil bias
Universities must not automatically make lower entry offers to state-school pupils, according to draft proposals of the government-commissioned review of student admissions. The review team, led by...
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Child sex pics case sparks review
Southampton University is considering an ethics review system after a professor was convicted of downloading child pornography. Christopher Bagley failed to get permission to view the pictures, which...
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Next week
Under the spotlight Are universities doing enough to ensure students' safety? The Sodexho/ Times Higher University Lifestyle Survey looks at the facts Also Ancient war for our times : A review of The...
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Arts institute renamed
The London Institute is to be renamed the University of the Arts London after the Privy Council approved the change. It will comprise five colleges: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins...
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All change in NI
Northern Ireland's universities and colleges were this week affected by the fallout from Beverley Hugh's resignation as immigration minister. Jane Kennedy, Ulster direct rule minister, was whisked...
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Swansea u-turn claim
Academic union leaders have accused Richard Davies, Swansea University's vice-chancellor, of breaking a promise to allow four departments threatened with closure to continue recruiting for another...
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Two-tier proposal
A consultation on whether the next research assessment exercise - due in 2008 - should be conducted by two tiers of panels has been launched by the funding councils. All four funding bodies are...
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Complacency warning
Scottish academics lack passion and aggression when it comes to the marketplace, says Ken Morse, managing director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Entrepreneurship Center. MIT is working...
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Whistleblowers: Ridiculed student seeks redress
A PhD candidate who was told that five years' work was "some of the dullest and [most] unimaginative" an examiner had seen is seeking almost £100,000 in compensation from Royal Holloway, University...
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Executives criticise Southampton for six-month MBA delay
A group of business executives who paid £8,500 for an MBA course are still awaiting exam results and certificates from Southampton University six months after handing in their final dissertations,...
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Cardiff faculty under review
Creative writing faces an uncertain future at Cardiff University after a series of personality clashes and complaints from students about poor PhD supervision, writes Phil Baty. In a letter obtained...
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Funding council putts golf course on the map
A course in golf studies, one of the most persistently derided of so-called Mickey Mouse degrees, has been given the seal of approval by funding chiefs, writes Alison Goddard. The Higher Education...
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Access degree missing target
The government's flagship foundation degree is making only limited progress towards ministers' main goals for higher education access and expansion, figures show. The two-year course is so far having...