Ucas reports healthy trend
The number of people who are applying for UK university places this autumn is up by 3.4 per cent to more than 350,000. The total applying from within the UK is up 2.2 per cent on last year to 316,000...
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Leftwingers look to break Labour hold
Leftwingers are expecting to capitalise on students' anger over top-up fees and the war in Iraq to break the 20-year Labour Party dominance of the National Union of Students in March's presidential...
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Cuts trigger plant warning
Experts have warned of the potential threat of new plant diseases with the news that the third state-funded agriculture research centre in four years faces closure. The Silsoe Research Institute (SRI...
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Think-tank puts £63,000 price tag on Oxford degree
It costs up to £21,000 a year to teach a single Oxford University student, a paper from a leading Oxbridge-based think-tank was expected to reveal this week. In a paper expected to dismiss government...
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QAA says 75% must try harder
The quality watchdog's mantra that its fledgling audit regime is a "light touch, not soft touch" was underlined this week when a report revealed that just two of the first eight institutions to be...
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Expect snakes and ladders but not the jackpot
If you want to play the media game it's best to set some rules, but don't always expect to win, warns Nick Saunders. Academics have a love-hate relationship with the media. The ambivalence runs deep...
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Jobwatch: Big ad splash makes waves
Sussex University is pushing the boat out by advertising 46 academic vacancies in one go. Pat Leon looks at a trend in advertising lots of posts at once to signal universities' expansion plans....
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Who got that job?
Christopher Johnson, 50 Job advertised in The Times Higher , June 23, 2003 Motorvariation Head/Professor of Industrial Design £40,176 - £45,072 / £40,176 - £55,858 per annum Slipping between the...
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Drawing on experience to find out what's next
It's often hard for fine-art students to see a clear career path. David Butler and Dawn Weatherston led a project to help them visualise their future. Degree disciplines are highly transferable....
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage. Name : Alison Phipps Age : 36 Job : Director, Graduate School for Arts and Humanities, University of Glasgow Salary : £38,...
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Job cuts linked to property bungle
Lecturers' leaders claim that academic staff are being forced to pay with their jobs after Bournemouth University's managers lost almost £1 million in a property venture. The Bournemouth branch of...
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Call to fine-tune copyright
Music professors have launched a campaign to clarify copyright rules that, they say, are hampering their research and holding up publication of books and papers. They are calling on publishers to...
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UK fails to boldly go with mice in space
Fear of animal-rights protests played a key role in preventing UK scientists joining an international effort to put mice in space. The student-led Mars gravity biosatellite programme will involve US...
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Fellows may face action over Greenfield leak
The Royal Society is to consider whether to take disciplinary action against fellows who spoke out in last week's Times Higher against Baroness Greenfield's nomination for a fellowship, writes Anna...
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Clarke urges a green stance
The significance of sustainable development for UK universities was driven home this week with the launch of an action plan that puts compliance on their agenda. Charles Clarke, the education...