Costs of specialist IT courses top the list
Annual fees for taught postgraduate courses can be as high as £20,000, writes Rebecca Attwood
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Review 'will keep hike in fees off the agenda until after general election'
Vice-chancellors divided on what is to be done about the fees cap. Rebecca Attwood reports
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Council cuts 'public engagement' awards
A cash-strapped research council has axed an annual round of funding aimed at boosting the standing of particle physics in the public consciousness.The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC...
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UCU takes Stirling to tribunal over consultation on job cuts
University says staff 'worked together to avoid compulsory redundancies'. John Morgan reports
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Partnerships lacked legal grounding, QAA finds
The standards watchdog has criticised Liverpool Hope University for running collaborative programmes without the necessary legal agreements.In an audit report, the Quality Assurance Agency says it...
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THE writer wins top education journalist award
Matthew Reisz, Times Higher Education reporter and features writer, has been named Education Journalist of the Year at a national awards ceremony in LondonMr Reisz was one of three Times Higher...
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Tories likely to stick with framework if they take over
Willetts welcomes document but is wary of its narrow economic focus. Melanie Newman writes
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Infinity and beyond
Black holes are a source of mystery for Gary Day, who finds that some TV is far from dumbed down
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Research grants: Let’s end this shared madness
Wellcome Trust director Mark Walport argues that fellowship schemes are the way forward
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Telling Tales
History: fact or fiction? Ronald Hutton's early experience of discerning reality from fantasy has coloured his view of the subject since
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Learning to share
Free, immediate and permanently available research results for all - that's what the open-access campaigners want. Unsurprisingly, the subscription publishers disagree. Zoë Corbyn weighs up the...
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'Giving it away' a textbook argument
Matthew Reisz assesses what open access means for book authors
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12 November 2009
The key to all knowledge - Can the open access movement make research results free to all?
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Poor staff relations threaten Birmingham’s sociology department
The faculty has also been criticised for a poor RAE showing and a lack of research grants. Melanie Newman reports
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Bristol announces 250 jobs to go by 2011-12
Vice-chancellor tells staff that cuts are accompanied by wider review identifying where university is ‘wasting resources’ in a bid to find £15m savings, reports John Morgan