Brown softens stand in extremism debate
Prime Minister says universities must protect free speech while monitoring threats. Melanie Newman reports. Tackling extremism on university campuses remains a key government concern, the Prime...
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UK politics research is 'world class'
Politics and international studies research being carried out in UK universities is "world class", and the field is well placed for the future, according to an independent international review. The...
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Imperial venture in India
Imperial Innovations, the company founded by Imperial College London to exploit its academics' inventions, is setting up an associate company in India to commercialise the products of Indian research...
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Thawing UK reserve
"Ghettos" of overseas students need to be broken up if UK universities are to lose a reputation for being "less friendly" than other nations. A report from the Council for Industry and Higher...
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Baker to head GuildHE
David Baker, principal of University College Plymouth St Mark and St John, replaces Pamela Taylor as chair of GuildHE. Professor Baker, previously vice-chair, will serve for two years at the...
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Building go-getters
Fewer than half of English universities have the right institutional policies, staff programmes and infrastructure in place to develop an entrepreneurial culture, according to a study by the National...
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LJMU's star chancellor
Rock star and astrophysicist Brian May has been confirmed as the new chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University. Dr May, who shot to stardom with rock band Queen, succeeds Cherie Booth QC in the...
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Anti-terror funds awarded
Winners of nine grants from a controversial Foreign Office-funded programme to help combat terrorism have been announced. Last year, The Times Higher revealed that the Economic and Social Research...
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RAE process 'would exclude Nobel laureates'
Nobel laureates would have had their papers rejected for the research assessment exercise if the methods used at Queen Mary, University of London, were applied to them, an academic there has claimed...
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Bodleian library plan rejected
Oxford University's controversial plan for a giant book storage facility was dealt a severe blow this week when city councillors refused it planning permission, writes Melanie Newman. The blueprint...
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Society 'shocked'
The Royal Astronomical Society says it is "shocked" by the sudden decision of the Science and Technology Facilities Council to withdraw the UK from the Gemini Observatory. The UK has been a key...
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Scots economy boost
A new institute to help researchers tackle some of the problems facing the Scottish economy has officially opened at Edinburgh University. The Scottish Institute for Research in Economics brings...
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Belfast joins Kolkata
Queen's University in Belfast and Bengal Engineering and Science University, Kolkata, have launched a scholarship programme to allow Indian science and technology students to live and work in Belfast...
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Global leaders wanted
Oxford and Princeton universities have jointly launched a new postdoctoral fellowship programme for would-be "global leaders" in developing countries. The Global Leaders Fellowship Programme will...
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Cash for healthy firms
New funding will boost a Warwick University programme helping small companies to prosper in the health sector. WMG, a Warwick University department that works with industry, has received an extra £1....