Scottish call for £350m injection
Scottish higher education needs up to £350 million more if it is to remain one of the major hopes for Scotland's economic regeneration, according to principals. Universities Scotland's draft...
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A dinosaur for dinner?
As the nation prepares to stuff itself with monster portions of turkey next week, palaeontologists will set about proving an intriguing proposition - that the turkey is really a dinosaur. Members of...
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Spiritual search at Leeds
Students at Leeds University are being offered the chance to ponder the meaning of life under the institution's plans to offer spirituality modules across its entire undergraduate curriculum. The...
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Modern lab uncovers secrets of Renaissance alchemists
The secretive world of the alchemist has been revealed by the first scientific analysis of a 16th-century laboratory. Dozens of pieces of equipment used in the quest for the philosopher's stone are...
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Call to put research free on websites
Universities should publish academics' research papers freely on their websites, MPs have been told. The Commons science and technology committee, which last week announced an inquiry into scientific...
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Female rabbits get in a flap over being with other bunnies
Human females may be accused of rabbiting together, but Edinburgh University research has found that female bunnies will push open cat flaps to socialise with other females. Shirley Seaman of the...
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Legal fear over degree plan
Government proposals to offer some institutions "time-limited" degree-awarding powers may be illegal and could spark litigation from students, higher education college heads have warned. The...
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NHSU sets out its vision
The National Health Service's planned university aims to enrol 250,000 students over the next four years, playing a vital role in improving healthcare skills in the UK, its long-awaited strategy...
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Revamp as Brunel aims for RAE glory
Brunel University has created 20 professorial posts and approved a change of academic structure in an attempt to boost its research performance. The move, agreed by Brunel's governing council,...
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Diary of a clinical academic
Rob Sneyd is professor of anaesthesia at the Peninsula Medical School at Plymouth, and The THES asked him to keep a diary to give some idea of how medical academics seek to balance the three aspects...
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'Partners sitting on cash for colleges'
Universities are creaming off up to half of the public funding they receive under deals to allow their courses to be delivered by further education colleges. In a report that raises serious questions...
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Contract fears for medics
Medical schools' obsession with research could undermine a new contract for clinical academics, the British Medical Association warned this week. Medical academics have until January 9 to vote on a...
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Variable top-up fees: invariably unpopular
Will Labour MPs really let the higher education bill fail? The THES reports Peter Bradley, Labour MP for Wrekin and private parliamentary secretary to Alun Michael, minister of state for rural...
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The 'joke' field with serious prospects
Media studies Phil Baty reports on the fight to defend the image of a tarnished subject. It is "sub-Marxist gobbledegook" taught by "talentless individuals", according to rightwing historian Roger...
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Whistleblowers: Kicked out college turns up at Birkbeck
The private medical college forced out of business partnerships with Greenwich University and King's College London after The THES raised questions about its credentials has since been teaching on...