White male sector must set targets for diversity
British academics are too white and too male, and too few come from Britain's disabled population. The government wants universities to do something about these problems. In response, the sector is...
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It's official: cutting aid narrows participation
Last week we looked at higher education funding in Australia. This week, Stanley Aronowitz examines the situation in the United States The American academic system is divided along two axes: private...
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Willis claims fees agreed
Ministers have agreed in principle to allow universities to charge top-up fees after unofficial negotiations with vice-chancellors, a senior MP has said. Phil Willis, the Liberal Democrat education...
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Scottish Executive abolishes fourth-year fees for all UK students
Scottish Executive abolishes fourth-year fees for all UK students Final-year tuition fees are to be scrapped for English, Welsh and Northern Irish students studying four-year honours degrees at...
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American academic tenures in decline
American academics are increasingly ready to forgo the security of tenure in exchange for competitive salaries and research freedom, a Harvard Graduate School of Education survey reveals today. The...
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Taken for a ride
(Photograph) - Taken for a ride: nursing and midwifery students campaigning for a better deal took their protest to the skies when they went on the London Eye at Westminster this week. Unison, the...
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GMC's research fraud backlog
A backlog of research fraud cases, a number of which involve university scientists, has been built up by the General Medical Council. Delays of up to two years are being experienced between the...
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Labour policy poses threat to freedom
The government's disregard for academic freedom has become dangerous and damaging, academics and politicians have warned. Long-standing fears about ministers' attitudes to research intensified this...
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Benefit of sandwich courses
Most sandwich courses do what they are meant to do - they improve a student's chances of finding work after graduation, a study by the University of Central England has found. A higher proportion of...
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Increase pay or lose lecturers, says union
Lecturers' union Natfhe will open negotiations with the Association of Colleges next Thursday for a flat-rate pay increase of Pounds 2,500 for its members in further education colleges. On the same...
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Northwest unis launch representative body
Universities in the Northwest of England have launched an association to ensure that higher education is represented on the regional agenda. Keith Burnley recently took up the post of executive...
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Alumni raise Pounds 7 million for development
Nottingham University alumni have paid Pounds 7 million in personal gifts to help fund bursaries, scholarships, and prizes for less well-off students. Some of the money, which includes individual...
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Business helps Glasgow fund scholarships
Glasgow University is linking up with leading businesses in a scholarship scheme. The Century 21 Club has already attracted a dozen companies, including the Clydesdale Bank, Abbey National Financial...
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Location announced for national centre
The national subject centre in English is to be hosted by Royal Holloway College, the Council for College and University English and the Centre for Computing in the Humanities at King's College...
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NUS to open a web of opportunity for unions
The National Union of Students redefined itself further as a consumer rights organisation this week by outlining plans for new electronic services. Every further and higher education student in the...