Who got that cash?
Academics at De Montfort University have won a £500,000 research grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council to carry out the next phase in a literary research project that started in the...
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Bournemouth seeks master of media learning
Bournemouth University is advertising this week for an academic with expertise in how to teach media studies to fill a new chair in its Media School. The chair, which comes with a salary of up to £60...
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The long drive to bring early-career researchers in from cold
Preparing researchers for careers in and outside academe has been a longstanding issue for the Government, research councils, universities and employers alike. But the topic came to the fore with the...
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QAA pans uneven postgrad support
Many UK universities still fail to provide the personal development and training needed by novice researchers to help set them up for a career as an academic, the Quality Assurance Agency said this...
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Top pay to tempt key staff
Australian universities look abroad for high-flyers in run-up to new research assessment. Geoff Maslen reports. Australian universities have begun retrenching academics with poor research records...
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US foundation donates $11m in Nigerian aid
The independent US-based MacArthur Foundation has given about $11 million (£5.6 million) support to four Nigerian institutions: the universities of Ibadan and Port Harcourt, Ahmadu Bello University,...
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Bank offers loans that institutions in EU can build on
When academics think of European Union funding, they often cite the European Commission's framework programmes, but another EU institution, the European Investment Bank, is playing an increasingly...
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Baby-boomers crisis warning
Ontario has too many students for too few university places. Stephen Strauss explains. The news that Ontario, Canada's most populous province and home to upwards of 40 per cent of its university...
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Harvard names a female president for the first time
Only a year after its combative president stirred worldwide controversy with remarks about the academic qualifications of women, Harvard University has replaced him with the first female chief...
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Social law is victim of debt
The debt incurred by American law school students to pay escalating tuition fees is deterring them from work in social-service jobs, which pay lower salaries than private-sector jobs at high-priced...
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When will UK act to grind down the degree mills?
Fake institutions in the US will soon face criminal charges, but Britain has yet to take the issue seriously, says Geoffrey Alderman. Within a few days of taking control of the US Congress, the...
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Gary Day
I did something terrible the other day. I taught a group of students. I gave them a new interpretation of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four . I know I shouldn't have done it but, the thing is, I...
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Didn't they RSVP?
Fingernails were chewed to the quick at Universities UK's winter reception. Organisers were delighted with the attendance at its annual event: the Houses of Parliament's terrace marquee venue was...
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Experience, with a little spin
The student experience was a hot topic at the UUK event, something the London School of Economics is keenly aware of. Last May, a senior lecturer in government told prospective students at an open...
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She knows how to get her kicks
Talking of students, most young female students would be offended to be compared to a male rugby player. Not so Katy McLean, who recently debuted for the England Women's Rugby team. She is in the...