Welsh funding council unveils radical plan to force down fees
Welsh universities risk having their student numbers cut by up to almost 60 per cent if they do not reduce their fees in 2013-14, it has been announced.
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NUS proposes alternatives to a royal yacht
The National Union of Students has proposed 10 alternative uses for the £60 million that ministers apparently wanted invested in a royal yacht for the Queen’s jubilee.
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Fee hike will leave government facing ‘huge liabilities’ in 30 years
Students enrolling at university in 2012-13 will have to earn salaries of £50,000 a year immediately after graduating if they are to pay off their student loan debt before the 30-year government...
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Shell announces closure of UK R&D base
Oil giant Shell is to close its main UK research and development base, moving the laboratory activities overseas.
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Reforms dissected in new documentary
A member of the Browne Review panel has expressed frustration that its plans for fees and funding were not met with a “more favourable” response by government, adding that the reforms subsequently...
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Judge throws out student’s challenge to OIA
A medical student who twice failed his final-year exams has lost a legal battle against the decision not to award him a degree.
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Oxford rocked by death of physicist
The vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford has said academics at the institution have been left “profoundly saddened and shocked” by the death of a professor of astrophysics.
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Rise in number of students getting a first or 2:1
The number of firsts and 2:1s awarded by UK universities has continued to rise, now accounting for almost two thirds of undergraduates completing their first degree.
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One in eight UK scientists has witnessed research fraud
Research misconduct is “alive and well” at UK universities, the British Medical Journal has claimed.
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New dawn in the West after former Thames Valley leaves the at-risk list
V-c forecasts sunshine for a leaner, more fiscally sound University of West London. Jack Grove writes
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Stormy waters ahead as 'disruptive forces' sweep the old guard
Online education will turn the academy inside out, argue US authors. Sarah Cunnane reports
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'Invisible' gays in top roles? We'll have to see about that
Lack of v-cs who have come out is 'an issue across the sector', says Stonewall. David Matthews writes
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Midwifery teaching pressures 'threaten quality'
A worsening in the student-to-staff ratio in midwifery courses in recent years could be compromising the quality of teaching, a union has warned.
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£11m distributed to cut emissions
Hefce announces second batch of Revolving Green Fund projects. David Matthews reports
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News in brief
MMR vaccine study disputeWakefield sues BMJ for libelThe former doctor whose discredited research linked the MMR vaccine to autism has launched a libel suit against the British Medical Journal....