Grants gamble to save bill
Ministers are set to gamble on a £500 increase in grants for students from poor homes, easing the passage of the higher education bill published this week. Maintenance grants, to be introduced later...
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In the news: Matthew Carter
Matthew Carter, a former politics tutor at York University, last week began his role as general secretary of the Labour Party. Aged only 31, he has had a meteoric rise through the ranks since joining...
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Appointments
George Fraser has been appointed director of the University of Leicester's Space Research Centre, taking over from Alan Wells, who will continue as emeritus professor on the Beagle 2 and Swift...
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Blair bets all on wooing rebels
Could the HE bill be Labour's poll tax? The THES looks at its implications and assesses its chances For the first time in history a UK prime minister has staked his premiership on higher education....
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Top-ups and bottom lines
"We either have a fair contribution from students or we deny opportunities for hundreds of thousands by cutting university numbers. Or we raise taxes for everyone, including the majority who have not...
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Upfront fees ditched as access and complaints are fine-tuned
The higher education bill is expected to address more aspects of higher education than just headline tuition fees issues. The bill will replace upfront fees with tuition fees that are repayable after...
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What are the options?
Labour MPs Peter Bradley and Alan Whitehead have submitted a paper to the government urging it to convert the postgraduation fee remission to upfront, cash-in-hand maintenance grants. They want a...
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Students fear fees could create UK 'Ivy League'
Birmingham University students have attacked plans for variable fees. Jenny Elliott , 20, a third-year medical student from Sheffield, said: "It will lead to a two-tier education system. It will...
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Beagle hunt continues
The team of scientists behind the Beagle 2 Mars probe will keep searching for the lost spacecraft well into February after the latest attempt to contact it failed on Wednesday. The first fly-by of...
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Book a place for a prize
Entries for this year's Aventis prizes for science books, which reward the best popular science writing for adults and children, should be submitted by February 6. Longlists are announced in March...
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Green grants proposed
Monitoring and recording of work to improve environmental sustainability should become a condition of grant for Scottish universities, according to a motion to be put to the Scottish Parliament by...
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Gong for Skea
Jim Skea, director of the Policy Studies Institute, has been awarded an OBE in the new year honours list in recognition of his work in sustainable development research, particularly in transport. He...
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Bored of the rings?
Cinema-goers worldwide are to be surveyed on their reactions to the latest blockbuster Lord of the Rings film, in the biggest project of its kind led by researchers at Aberystwyth University. An...
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Stress linked to poor results
Researchers have found the first clear signs of a direct link between high levels of staff stress and the poor performance of their universities in research and teaching, writes Phil Baty. As part of...
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AUT pay dispute 'doomed'
The Association of University Teachers is trying to draw its 47,000 members into a doomed campaign of industrial action over a "misconception" about the status of the union's minority of academic-...