Festival director turned academic shares his Fringe benefits with Leeds Met's future events managers. Arts festivals do not come any bigger than Edinburgh's, and Paul Gudgin's experience running it...
* Colin Harvey , director of the Human Rights Centre at Queen's University Belfast since 2005, has been appointed the new head of the university's law school. * Heather Tierney-Moore , nurse director...
The Times Higher surveys hot topics at this week's British Educational Research Association gathering. Colleagues' disapproval of 'loaded' terms threatens freedom of speech. Louise Radnofsky reports...
Efforts to widen participation in higher education are poorly conceived and patchy, education researchers will tell the British Educational Research Association. The Government's Aimhigher initiative...
Controversial university admissions tests will be given a ringing endorsement in new research to be presented this week. The first validity testing of the entrance assessments, which are increasingly...
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In Terry Philpot's essay "The future is bright...", a review of David Cole's book Enemy Aliens: Double Standards and Constitutional Freedoms in the War on Terrorism published in The Times Higher of...
David Newman, professor of political geography at Ben-Gurion University, Israel, has been appointed the official academic representative of Israel for all matters relating to a potential academic...
Following an online campaign from thousands of students and graduates, HSBC bank has reversed its decision to charge full interest on graduate overdrafts. Ama Uzowuru, vice-president (welfare) of the...
A "declaration of doubt" over the authorship of William Shakespeare's plays is to be unveiled this week by actor Sir Derek Jacobi. The declaration, which has been signed by 282 signatories, will be...
British Academy report warns against sole use of metrics to assess humanities. Louise Radnofsky reports. In a report published this week, the British Academy has thrown its weight firmly behind the...
Staff at King's College London have been told by the principal to properly credit the institution in research papers, writes Rebecca Attwood. In a newsletter, Rick Trainor warns that King's "...
A lecturer has been threatened with court action after he repeatedly e-mailed a former colleague asking him to confirm which university awarded his PhD. Andy Asquith, a lecturer in the department of...
A proposed £500 million project to create nuclear fusion, the so-called "Holy Grail" of clean energy, will give a huge boost to British research if it is, as expected, located in this country,...
A £ million development is under way at the Canterbury campus of Kent University. The scheme includes accommodation for almost 550 students, a new 480-seat lecture theatre and seminar rooms.