Coalition rallies for fight
Sixteen learned societies made a joint appeal to the government this week to reverse its plans for greater research selectivity. The initiative, in a letter to higher education minister Alan Johnson...
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Medical college's claims under fire
The Department for Education and Skills has called in the Trading Standards Service to investigate a private medical college after The THES discovered that it had made incorrect claims to have been "...
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In the news: Kader Asmal
Academics' conferences do not normally take ministers to their hearts unless they are promising money. But, as his title suggests, Professor Kader Asmal is no ordinary politician. South Africa's...
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Appointments
• David Allen, registrar and secretary at the University of Birmingham, is the chair-elect of the Association of Heads of University Administration and will succeed Eddie Newcomb, registrar and...
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V-cs to debate flat-fee option
Vice-chancellors' uneasy support for variable fees could shatter at their annual conference at Warwick University next week, undermining education secretary Charles Clarke's latest campaign to win...
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White paper faces rough ride at TUC
Top-up fees are likely to come under attack at the Trades Union Congress in Brighton next week, writes Phil Baty. A motion from the Association of University Teachers, expected to be debated at the...
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Ruthless beans punish bacteria
Soya beans may be good for you, but that doesn't mean they're good. Biologists at the universities of Edinburgh and California have found that the beans display a ruthless streak, punishing...
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Careers staff get a tough talking to
Careers staff must be tougher in enlisting employers' help to improve students' job prospects, according to Andrew Cubie, convener of the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework. Dr Cubie,...
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Next week
Mind of a minister New higher education minister Alan Johnson launches an autumn offensive to win over critics of the government's plans Also News British Association in Salford Kevin Fong academic,...
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Upbeat UWE will not be sidelined
Concentrating funding on the elite has roused despair and defiance. The THES reports. It is hard to believe Alfred Morris when he claims he is not deliberately trying to "stick two fingers up to the...
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No cash equals crisis
Concentrating funding on the elite has roused despair and defiance. The THES reports. University education departments have reached crisis point following the withdrawal of research funding for the...
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Engineers struggle
Concentrating funding on the elite has roused despair and defiance. The THES reports. Engineering research in the UK is on the brink of collapse, government ministers will be told next week. The...
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Whistleblowers: Scholar to complain about Hefce inquiry
The Oxford scholar who blew the whistle on erroneous submissions to the research assessment exercise by London Metropolitan University is to make a formal complaint against the Higher Education...
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Sports science: Shaping up to take the lead in race for students
Sports science is becoming a heavyweight discipline, Esther Ingram writes in the latest of our series on the state of academic study. Sport and exercise science has never been in such good shape....
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Foreign signings plug gaps
Does the UK lack the talent to lead its universities? Claire Sanders reports. UK vice-chancellors, like football managers, are increasingly being recruited from abroad. The announcement that Alan...