Questions have been raised over how the decision to merge the School of Pharmacy with University College London was reached, as a bitter rift between senior managers and some staff continues to...
Delegates vote for a summer of discontent over pay and pensions. John Morgan reports
A diverse range of motions at the University and College Union congress covered worries over student-to-staff ratios, vice-chancellors standing "snout-to-snout in the trough" against their employees...
As the new union president takes office, he tells John Morgan about his priorities for the future
German university investigates allegations of research misconduct. Paul Jump reports
Uncertainty is the status quo for most early career researchers, for whom job security is generally a forlorn hope. But that will change for 50 postdoctoral researchers being sought by the University...
Manchester Metropolitan University has said that it will "take all means to defend itself" over allegations of low standards on an exam after appearing to agree with a student that the test was "very...
Academic and musician stresses the need for improvisation and fun. Matthew Reisz reports
Business engagementSpin-offs up by a quarterThe number of spin-off companies set up by universities rose by a quarter in 2009-10, according to the Higher Education Statistics Agency. The HE Business...
United StatesRhoades trails back to ArizonaThe highest-paid executive at the American Association of University Professors is to leave his post and return to his old job at the University of Arizona...
Devastating earthquake has not dimmed university spirit, says rector. Diana Garrisi reports
Sweeping reforms of French higher education were prompted in part by its performance in world university rankings, the country's higher education minister has suggested.
Roger Brown offers a dystopian vision of university closures, cheap, unregulated for-profits and declining standards
Forget what the global rankings say: Europe is a worthier model for the UK as students there get a far better deal, argues Anthony Glees
Julian Beer and colleagues warn that the U-Multirank ranking system lacks flexibility and will not reflect institutions' missions