Fellows: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage. Name : Amanda Chetwynd Age : 47 Job : Professor of mathematics and statistics and director of undergraduate studies,...
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Overseas target is hit
Tony Blair's target for overseas student recruitment has been reached a year early thanks to a record rise in numbers last year. The numbers of students from non-European Union countries rose by 23...
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Carey's college casts out theology
Gloucestershire University, which has formal links with the Church of England, has dropped theology from its undergraduate course offerings. The move comes despite its status as the highest-rated new...
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Sainsbury denies 'chaotic' strategy
The government's strategy for nanotechnology is "chaotic" and driven by a desire to save money, MPs claimed this week. At an evidence session with the Commons' science and technology committee on...
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Giant grid to take on cancer research
Oxford University and IBM have launched a joint initiative to tackle heart disease and cancer. The Integrative Biology Project, launched last week, will build a giant computing grid to enable...
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Primate centre 'was set to fail'
Plans to build a primate research centre in Cambridge were misguided and destined to fail, Colin Blakemore, the chief executive of the Medical Research Council, said this week, writes Anna...
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Questioning sparks warning over foreign agents
The questioning by police in Israel of a man said to be selling bogus degrees is a timely warning to institutions of the potential perils of chasing the booming student market...
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Department heads 'shirk responsibilities', study finds
Many deans and heads of department are ashamed to be managers and avoid their managerial responsibilities, according to a study, writes Chris Johnston. Anne Hollinshead, senior lecturer in education...
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Union is frozen out in Oxford recruiting
Oxford University has withdrawn the facilities it normally offers the Association of University Teachers to recruit new members following the union's decision to conduct a national ballot for...
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Leicester college staff call strike over sweetened contract
Lecturers at one of the country's largest colleges have called an all-out strike from Monday. Staff at the 42,000-student Leicester College are striking over a contract that their union, Natfhe, says...
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Luton to ballot on action
Luton University staff were this week expected to reject management concessions on redundancy plans and go ahead with a ballot for a series of rolling strikesnext month, writes Chris Johnston....
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Women accepted in record numbers
A record 22,000 more women than men were offered places on full-time degree courses in the UK for the current year, according to the latest figures. A total of 198,198 women were accepted on courses...
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Rise in disabled grant uptake
There has been a leap in the number of students in receipt of the disabled students' allowance, a conference heard this week. According to the latest performance indicators from the Higher Education...
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Plymouth's model of inclusivity
Plymouth University, which has one of the highest proportions of disabled students in the country, is leading the field in efforts to meet student needs, writes Chris Johnston. Judith Waterfield,...
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Engineering less popular in UK than rest of EU
The study of engineering, manufacturing and construction is less popular at universities in Britain than in other European Union countries, according to a report from Eurostat, the EU's statistical...