Vote on BAT chair
Cambridge University's decision to accept Pounds 1.6 million from tobacco giant BAT Industries for an international relations professorship is to be put to the vote of the 3,000 dons. The vice...
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Over-reaction is the right reaction to risky business
The correct reaction to the controversy over potentially contaminated baby milk is over-reaction, such as the withdrawal of all relevant products from sale, a risk expert said this week, writes...
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Anti-cuts strike closes campuses
Universities across Australia faced their worst collective disruption in memory last week as thousands of staff and students went on strike for 24 hours over the prospect of savage cuts in federal...
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VAT shock for staff vacancy ads
Universities and colleges are facing a bill for millions of pounds following the removal of VAT exemption on the cost of staff recruitment adverts. City financial consultants estimate that some large...
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Dean resigns
The dean of the troubled Southampton Solent campus based in Athens, Veroni Papatzimou, has resigned. Her decision precedes a ballot of all staff working for Southampton Institute, which runs the...
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Dismissal of one in five staff attacked as 'illegal'
The legality of dismissals of one in five of Hungary's academics and other higher education staff is escalating into a constitutional crisis after conflicting findings by the courts and the ombudsman...
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Exam conspiracies
There is nothing like a test to concentrate the mind, but what if you never fail? Alex Millmow looks at Australian policy Examinations. The very word arouses fear and rank uncertainty. The fear is...
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Out-of-date kit forces big firms to turn to foreign players
Clapped-out laboratory equipment in institutions is forcing multinational firms based in the UK to shift their university research to other countries, according to a report published yesterday. The...
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Grant cuts threaten arts income
As a lass living in Yorkshire, Dame Diana Rigg had no problems getting a discretionary award from her local council to train at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. Now she might not be so fortunate....
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Internet News
Every week THESIS, The THES Internet Service, provides a guide to the news, features, reviews and advertisements in the newspaper, plus a full list of institutions in British further and higher...
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Equipment goes down the tubes...
Kam Patel reports on a survey that reveals many research laboratories are limping along with decrepit equipment. Centrifuges, fermenters, scintillation counters, computers and spectrophotometers -...
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Natfhe builds strike fund
Lecturers' union Natfhe is setting up a national strike fund levy, reflecting a growing mood of militancy among members faced with job cuts. It is also considering a merger with another education...
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Offshore link censured
A quality watchdog has criticised the quality of overseas franchise arrangements in a second institute of higher education. A draft report by the Higher Education Quality Council finds fault with...