Higher education pay survey 2013
With a few exceptions, vice-chancellors’ remuneration did not rise vertiginously in 2011-12 - a good thing politically. But are they still paid too much compared with their peers?
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Degrees of comparability
The OECD’s Ahelo project aims to compare graduate quality internationally
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Greenwich joins University Alliance
The University Alliance mission group has gained another new member from Million+ while also announcing it is signing a partnership with its Australian counterpart.
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Tribunal slams academic for bringing anti-Semitism case
A Jewish academic who claimed the UCU’s policy on Palestine constituted harassment has been rebuked by an employment tribunal for misusing the legal process
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Sussex given injunction over protests
The University of Sussex has been granted an injunction that it says will pave the way towards ending the seven-week occupation of its Bramber House conference centre.
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Ethnic minorities ‘less likely’ to gain Russell Group places
Students from ethnic minorities are less likely to gain places at top universities than white pupils with the same A-level grades, a new study has claimed.
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UKBA to be split in two
The UK Border Agency is to be split in two, between a visa body and a law enforcement body, and brought back under the control of Home Office ministers.
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London Met manager warns against consultation false hope
The project manager who oversaw a huge overhaul of London Metropolitan University’s undergraduate teaching has said that universities need to be careful not to raise false hopes when they promise to...
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Unions set out pay stall for 2013-14
Unions representing higher education staff are asking for a pay rise in 2013-14 that is likely to be worth more than 3 per cent.
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Inside Higher Ed: Coursera's Contractual Elitism
By Ry Rivard, for Inside Higher Ed
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Langlands to leave Hefce to become Leeds v-c
Sir Alan Langlands is to leave his job as chief executive of England’s funding council to become vice-chancellor of the University of Leeds, where he has been welcomed as a “stellar figure” in higher...
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St Hugh’s settles Shannon case
The University of Oxford is set to review its policy on postgraduate admissions after a college reached a settlement with an applicant who claimed it discriminated against poorer students.
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Regent’s College given green light on university title
Regent’s College will become the latest private provider to gain university status, with the charitable institution hoping to boost its international prospects and join Universities UK as a result.
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Second cyber security institute launched
Teams from six universities will make up the UK’s second cyber security research institute, it has been announced.
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Birmingham strike threats ended
All threatened strike action at the University of Birmingham has been called off after the University and College Union reached an agreement with the institution’s management over compulsory...