Unions baulk at ‘third below-inflation pay offer in a row’
Higher education staff have been given a “final offer” of a £150 pay rise for the next academic year, provoking an angry reaction from the sector’s unions.
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One in three to charge £9k for all as Offa rubber-stamps access agreements
Tuition fees at English universities will average £8,393 in 2012, the Office for Fair Access confirmed today, significantly higher than the government’s estimate.
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Fees to average £8,800 a year in Wales as charges outstrip government estimate
Universities and colleges in Wales are to charge average annual tuition fees of £8,800 after the funding council rubber stamped their plans to improve access.
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Call for independent inquiry into suspension of Nottingham academic
A subject association has called for an independent inquiry into the suspension of a University of Nottingham academic for criticising the university’s role in the arrest of an administrator and a...
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Deep economic impact: new mission to ensure university research benefits UK business
Lord Sainsbury will be part of a new task force launched to investigate ways to turn more university research into viable businesses. Over the next 12 months the new task force, set up by the Council...
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Let’s do better: White Paper critics call for ‘visionary’ alternative
A group of academics and students has launched a drive for an “alternative” higher education White Paper in response to what they describe as the “sweeping, ill-considered reforms” set out in the...
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Willetts hit by second university no-confidence vote
Academics at the University of Leeds have passed a motion of no confidence in David Willetts.
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An honest showing
Normalised data allow fairer comparisons, and that is why Times Higher Education will employ it for more indicators in its 2011-12 rankings, says Phil Baty
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More Abertay resignations follow principal's mystery exit
A fifth member of the University of Abertay Dundee's governing court has resigned following the suspension of the institution's principal in February.Bob Doak, a director at WL Gore, which...
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Handful of elite schools dominate Oxbridge admissions
Five high-flying schools sent more students to Oxbridge in a three-year period than 2,000 other UK schools and colleges combined, a report by the Sutton Trust has revealed.
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The Inner Life of Empires: An Eighteenth-Century History
Donald MacRaild is impressed by a new spin on British imperialism, seen through the eyes of siblings
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Love: A History
Jane O'Grady is partially seduced by a provocative polemic that offers contrasting notions of ardour
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Christian Materiality: An Essay on Religion in Late Medieval Europe
No one who witnessed the recent ceremony to beatify the late Pope John Paul II - when his exhumed coffin lay before the altar of St Peter's, while a vial of his blood was displayed in an elaborate...
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Not Here, Not Now, Not That! Protest over Art and Culture in America
Alex Danchev discovers what can be learned about communities from their reactions to artworks
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The Architecture of Sir Ernest George
London-born Ernest George (1839-1922) was one of the most interesting, yet in recent years one of the most undersung, architects of his time. From 1856 to 1860 he was articled to Samuel Hewitt, and...