NUS: 'Students would be better off on benefits'
Thousands of students are being forced to survive below the poverty line, the National Union of Students said this week. Releasing new figures to coincide with Wednesday's national demonstration in...
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Student leaders in Northern Ireland
Student leaders in Northern Ireland have condemned a series of apparent Loyalist paramilitary attacks and threats against students living in South Belfast, writes Olga Wojtas. Two students were...
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Expansion set to cost billions
The government says an extra 400,000 students will be needed to meet its higher education expansion target by 2010, signalling growth that could cost billions of pounds. The Department for Education...
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Next week
News Joint effort: merger plans of the University of North London and London Guildhall University Features Masculinity under the microscope Plus : Three academics argue their corner on privatisation...
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For the record
Lower-rated research to be cut by a third Funding for lower-rated research is to be cut by a third, according to funding chiefs. Departments that received a grade 4 in last year's research assessment...
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Diversity plan is 'depressing'
Market forces should help determine the future shape of higher education in England, according to higher education minister Margaret Hodge. Ms Hodge, who has been touring campuses up and down the...
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Hodge orders probe into v-c pay
Higher education minister Margaret Hodge has ordered an investigation into vice-chancellors' pay. A survey by The THES , published a fortnight ago, identified that the highest-paid vice-chancellors...
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Hopkin vows to focus on teaching
South Bank University will scale back on research so it can concentrate on teaching, writes Alison Goddard. Vice-chancellor Deian Hopkin will no longer allow teaching to subsidise research. Combined...
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UUK speaks out against bill that 'curtails freedom'
Academics may have to ask the government's permission before publishing work or appointing foreign research students under the Export Control Bill, now in its final stages of passage through the...
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'Academic freedom threat from Gats plan'
Higher education in the United Kingdom will be threatened if it is included in global moves to liberalise service industries, Universities Scotland has warned. Scotland's principals say that bringing...
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News in brief
V-cs shun 'Mickey Mouse' and elite tag Vice-chancellors have hit back at claims that universities are purveyors of "Mickey Mouse" degrees and elitism. Universities UK launched its Employability and...
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Fury as Hodge calls the shots
The higher education quality watchdog has revealed that ministers, not vice-chancellors, are dictating the blueprint of the new quality assurance regime, raising questions about universities' right...
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V-cs: do not penalise flexible study
Universities that offer students flexible learning routes are being unfairly penalised, according to vice-chancellors. Students who take time out, switch between full-time and part-time study, drop...
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Admissions policies 'create divisions'
University admissions policies are creating divisions between "standard" and "non-standard" students, according to research published today. It claims that widening participation policies are...
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'Bewildering' red tape stops students claiming full childcare support
The new system of grants for childcare introduced last autumn is so complex that many students eligible for financial help are put off claiming the whole package, says a report published this week....