Appointments
* Caroline MacDonald, assistant principal at the University of Paisley, has been elected chair of the Modern Universities Research Group. * Margaret Smith, microbiologist at Nottingham University,...
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Degree award faces overhaul
Traditional degree classifications could soon be scrapped following new research that shows that most universities are already giving graduates aggregate final marks as part of new transcripts of...
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Graduate premium slashed by DFES recount
A university degree may add less to a graduate's lifetime earnings than previously indicated by the government, according to its own figures. Data from the Department for Education and Skills show...
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Poor students are four times less likely to go to university than their better-off counterparts
Poor students are four times less likely to go to university than their better-off counterparts who are more relaxed about incurring debts, according to new research that raises big questions about...
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Oxford academic selected to lead Commonwealth universities group
An Oxford academic is to be the new secretary-general of the Association of Commonwealth Universities. John Rowett, chief executive of the Rhodes Trust, will succeed Canadian Michael Gibbons when he...
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Wellcome Trust accuses science journals of ignoring public interest
Market-obsessed scientific publishers are ignoring the interests of science and the public, the Wellcome Trust has said. The trust published an independent analysis of the £22 billion research-...
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Westminster winners
Journalism students at the University of Westminster won all three BBC awards for up-and-coming investigative journalists. The gold award went to Samantha Washington and Phillip Kemp for their...
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GM animal consultation
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has begun a consultation on the use of genetically modified animals in research. Nearly a quarter of animal experiments last year used GM animals, ten times more...
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Primers for principals
A Centre for Excellence in Leadership that will train college principals, chief executives and managers in the post-16 sector opened yesterday. It is run by a partnership led by Lancaster University...
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Will savage pruning fell the tree of knowledge?
Anna Fazackerley reports on fears about Labour's plans for research, while Simon Francis recalls the nightmare of trying to fund his PhD study. Top-up fees may be dominating debate in Parliament, but...
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Pick topic, seek grant, take job as cleaner...
Anna Fazackerley reports on fears about Labour's plans for research, while Simon Francis recalls the nightmare of trying to fund his PhD study My fondest memory is of the first flash of inspiration...
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Laureate of alllife's delays, traffic etiquette and tong use
The winner of the THES -sponsored Ig Nobel literature prize has spent a career trying to prove no (attaché) case is too trivial to merit an 'informal look', says Marc Abrahams. John W. Trinkaus has...
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It's a matter of life - not sex
Homosexuality in the Anglican Church is a big issue, but the increasingly rancorous debate over it risks making religion the preserve of fundamentalists and obscuring Christian wisdom on the...
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He spoke the truth to power
Edward Said, who died recently, lived as a true intellectual, says John Higgins. He applied critical rigour not just to writing but also to the world, denouncing corruption, defending the weak and...
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Will savage pruning fell the tree of knowledge?
Anna Fazackerley reports on fears about Labour's plans for research, while Simon Francis recalls the nightmare of trying to fund his PhD study. Top-up fees may be dominating debate in Parliament, but...