Final-salary pension in peril
Universities UK predicts stark choices in future retirement provision for academics. Melanie Newman reports. Academics may have to lose their final-salary pension schemes, according to a Universities...
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'Bridging the academic-clinical divide is such a key issue these
Lancaster's new professor of palliative care will focus on cancer pain management via research and clinical work. Mike Bennett's appointment as professor of palliative medicine at Lancaster...
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On the move ..
The Institute of Education has made a string of high-profile appointments. Mary Stiasny has been appointed assistant director of learning and teaching. She was previously director of education and...
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V-c seeks to end first-year exams
Gloucestershire plan would emphasise coursework and cut module choice. Melanie Newman reports. Gloucestershire University is consulting on "radical" plans to abolish exams for all first-year students...
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Student voice gets Lord's ear
The student voice is about to get louder with the launch of a new initiative to give students a greater say in government, writes Rebecca Attwood. In the week in which Lord Triesman, the Higher...
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New diplomas face admissions hurdle
Ucas head warns vocational qualifications are 'invisible' to admissions officers. Rebecca Attwood reports. Some universities are treating vocational qualifications as "invisible", according to the...
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Call to spell out Christian ethos
Universities with Church of England foundations have been told to emphasise their Christian ethos in employment contracts to make it easier to dismiss staff who do not adhere to the institutions'...
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UWIC solicits input
The University of Wales Institute Cardiff is to offer the local community unprecedented influence over its management and direction, by setting up a formal "stakeholder forum" charged with giving "...
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Bucks joy at new title
Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College has been given Privy Council approval to change its name to Buckinghamshire New University. Ruth Farwell, formerly BCUC's chief executive and now the vice...
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Partners in health
UK research for the National Health Service will be concentrated in a new form of univer-sity-hospital partnership, in which teaching, research and clinical care are fully integrated, under plans...
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Policies shaped by life
The Government has announced the first social science project to be funded under the Large Facilities Capital Fund. A £15.5 million study of 40,000 households called the UK Households Longitudinal...
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Bath drops arts plan
Bath Spa University has pulled out of the purchase of a site for a creative and digital arts campus in Bath. The university said it could not deliver the project in a reasonable timescale or at a...
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Scots cement alliance
Robert Gordon University and Aberdeen College have agreed to develop their existing partnership through a formal alliance, the first of its kind in Scotland. The deal will see Aberdeen College become...
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Marine venture
A marine science agency should be created to bring all public sector funders of marine research together with universities, MPs on the Commons Science and Technology Select Committee said in a report...
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Part-time sector suffers
Birkbeck, University of London, is to lose almost 40 per cent of its teaching income as a result of funding cuts for students pursuing second degrees, the lecturers' union warned this week. The...