Universities ban Muslim headscarf
Some higher education institutions in Azerbaijan have banned female students from wearing headscarves on campus. The institutions, which include Baku State University and the Medical University,...
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Staff at Goldsmiths want Pimlott's head
Staff at Goldsmiths College are calling for a vote of no confidence in warden Ben Pimlott (pictured), accusing the historian and royal biographer of a failure of leadership. It comes as Professor...
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Scholars to enjoy Imperial largesse
More than 250 Imperial College academics could benefit from the second round of its pay reform, with almost 100 staff receiving an automatic increase and 160 being considered for performance bonuses...
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Czechs are turned off by the incredible lightness of being
Czech astronomers are hoping for clear skies on June 1 when the world's first national light pollution law comes into effect. People who pollute the night skies with street lighting or other sources...
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Academic freedoms bill progresses in Lords
The Export Control Bill, with amendments to protect the free exchange of academic communication, received its final reading in the House of Lords this week. But a Universities UK spokesperson said...
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'Research must be freed from ministries'
Danish research should be made more independent of the government, a report says. Institutes carrying out ministry-funded research should also contribute more to higher education and training, it...
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French business school expands
Theseus International Management Institute, a French business school specialising in technology, is expanding into executive education, international collaboration and research in leading high-tech...
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Baroness's £138,000
The newly published register of Lords' interests has revealed how much Universities UK head Baroness Warwick earns - £138,000. The Labour peer gets £97,000 a year as chief executive of the vice-...
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Flagging patriotism
Warwick University officials were forced to swiftly tackle claims this week that they had banned football fans from flying the England flag in halls of residence. Students dubbed hall wardens...
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The flat-rate fee fuels inequality
Differential fees are one way of achieving broader participation, argues Wendy Piatt Margaret Hodge's refusal to rule out any funding options at last week's select committee revived speculation about...
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A victim of vocabulary
The meaning of 'university' has been debased, and with it the place itself, argues Andrew Oswald The term "university" is becoming increasingly debased. New Labour, whose University of the Labour...
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Why I believe we need to divorce widening participation from mass participation
Joe Baden, project manager, Agency for Non-traditional Students, Goldsmiths College,London. It is time that the debate surrounding widening participation moved on. Because of its immediate, and...
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Fund science at City levels, Blair urged
Universities must pay researchers City-level salaries, said the government's chief scientific adviser, David King. He was responding to a speech by prime minister Tony Blair yesterday in which Mr...
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Rise in funds per FE student
Real-terms funding per student in further education has increased by 12 per cent over the past five years, government figures reveal. Core funding for further education is estimated to have grown in...
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Scots need funds to pay £6.2 million NI bill
Universities Scotland has called for government funding to help meet an estimated £6.2 million rise in National Insurance contributions. The estimate, from a survey of Scotland's 21 higher education...