Lecturer suspended over allegations of defamation
Material claimed head of school used influence in university appointment. Melanie Newman reports
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Funding bonanza for Northern Ireland duo
Northern Ireland's two universities are to see above-inflation increases in their total funding for 2009-10 after nearly £200 million in block grants covering teaching and research was announced by...
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Terror suspects' college found to be bogus
Two Liverpool John Moores University students who were among 12 men arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences last month had certificates from a bogus college, it has emerged.However, the...
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Housing policies 'impose' a middle-class makeover
Academics blamed for insensitive 'gentrification' of working-class areas. Zoe Corbyn reports
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Work with industry pays in publications - to a point
Not too little, not too much collaboration found to be optimal for productivity. John Gill reports
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Teaching and research split in 'perfect' system
The establishment of teaching-only universities to subsidise a few elite research powerhouses has been put forward as part of a model for a perfect university system.The theoretical model has been...
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Imperial scraps languages in course review
Imperial College London is cutting back its foreign-language teaching provision with the loss of up to 20 jobs. All beginners' language courses are to go, while courses in Arabic, Italian, Japanese...
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It may take crisis to spur donations, analysis says
With UK public still slow to give, universities launch graduate fundraising training. John Gill reports
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Grand designs on hold until future of learning is clear
Uncertainty over education trends means architects can't plan campuses, writes Hannah Fearn
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Original features
Edge Hill University's Centre of Excellence for Teaching and Learning, which opened in June 2008, incorporates many ecofriendly features and is at the forefront of a drive to reduce the university's...
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Dissent over staff issues at King's
Offer of voluntary post in the face of redundancies results in union's anger. Melanie Newman reports
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News in brief
Academics and policyScience chief criticises ministerThe Government's Chief Scientific Adviser, John Beddington, has criticised the use of homoeopathy within the National Health Service and rounded...
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University of East Anglia - Don't keep it in the family
The effects of inbreeding among flour beetles are being investigated in a three-year study at the University of East Anglia. It is hoped that the research will help to protect numerous endangered...
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Bucks New University - Two of the best
A second PhD student at Bucks New University has been elected to the World Network of Young Leaders and Entrepreneurs. Bucks New University is now the only institution with more than one member....
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Heriot-Watt University - New principal named
The next vice-chancellor and principal of Heriot-Watt University has been named. Steve Chapman, vice-principal for planning, resources and research policy at the University of Edinburgh, will succeed...