New Year Honours
Peter Scott, a former editor of The Times Higher , was among a strong list of figures from higher education honoured by the Queen this new year. The vice-chancellor of Kingston University was...
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Wilson irked by students on dole
In 1976, Britain suffered the worst drought in living memory. The Government was forced to go cap in hand to seek a huge loan from the International Monetary Fund and Harold Wilson shocked the nation...
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Ucea pay review could put end to national talks
Employers prepare to discuss consortia model of negotiations as UCU reiterates its commitment to UK-wide bargaining. Claire Sanders reports Vice-chancellors could band together to negotiate the...
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Westminster's new v-c
Westminster University has confirmed that it has appointed Geoffrey Petts its new vice-chancellor. Professor Petts, 53, is pro vice-chancellor at Birmingham University and a leading environmental...
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BMA fees cap plea
The British Medical Association says the Government must not lift the cap on student fees, in its submission to the Education Select Committee's review of higher education sustainability. "Student...
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Bone up on X-rays
Researchers in Manchester University's School of Dentistry have created a unique way of identifying osteoporosis sufferers from ordinary dental X-rays. The new technique involves measuring the...
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Mobile medical skills
A "skills bus" to help medical students on work placements to practise basic skills such as taking blood and inserting catheters when they are away from the university has been launched by City...
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Revamp of concordat
The research councils and Universities UK are to publish draft proposals for a revamped concordat and code of practice for research staff in universities at the end of this month. The concordat has...
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Correction
The North East England History Institute, which is responsible for bringing together historians from all five of the north-eastern universities, is based at Bolbec Hall in Newcastle and not Teesside...
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'What's wrong with jazzing it up a little bit?'
Academic eyebrows were raised when forensic psychologist Kathy Charles appeared in The Scottish Sun commenting on a series of notorious unsolved crimes. In typical Sun style, she was compared to the...
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Union attacks Newport haste to make redundancies
A redundancy hitlist drafted by the University of Wales, Newport, was part of a "dubious" job-cutting process adopted by managers keen to rush through course closures, union leaders said this week....
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Rector is named but row rages on
The University of Buenos Aires has elected a new rector after five attempts over eight months were frustrated by militant left-wing students. Just before the Christmas holidays, 170 members of the...
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Belarus police pursue dissident draft dodgers
Belarussians attending university abroad are ordered home to complete compulsory national service, writes Vera Rich Young male Belarussian students who have gone abroad to study after being expelled...
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Call for Euro tax law revamp to boost research
A system of liberalised taxation to encourage cross-border donations to independent research foundations has been suggested by the European Commission, which wants tax reform to promote private...
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Demand grows in spite of debt
Trend reverses for home applications to university. Geoff Maslen reports The number of Australians applying for university places for 2007 has increased, reversing a three- year downward trend. Since...