Report details clash of interests
An investigation by the Charity Commission has detailed how Regent's College and the European Business School made inappropriate payments of hundreds of thousands of pounds to a firm run by the woman...
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Scientific circle's dry talk earns it a bar ban
Ever since the time of Aristotle, wine has played a supporting role in many academic discoveries. But one Brighton venue felt that scientists were not doing enough to uphold a noble tradition, writes...
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Lampl says: ask and you'll receive
A Sutton Trust report says all staff must seek alumni contributions to raise endowments to US levels, writes Jessica Shepherd Academics must rethink their attitude towards university fundraising if...
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Get a scoop on trends, recruiters told
University marketing teams trying to attract international students should seek inspiration from ice-cream flavoured postage stamps, crystal-encrusted fridges and free coffee samples. This message...
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Graduate jobs slow
The number of 2005 graduates in work six months after graduation was lower than for the previous year, figures show. Information technology graduates fared worst, with 10.3 per cent of them...
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Rotblat at Bradford
The late Nobel laureate Joseph Rotblat's internationally significant collection of books, journals and pamphlets on nuclear science and social responsibility has been handed to Bradford University....
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Durham goes green
Durham University has signed a two-year green electricity contract with the energy company npower business to supply electricity to all 240 buildings on the university estate. For every kilowatt of "...
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Zeros make heroes
We are living in a golden age of numbers, with a new world of opportunities created by theoretical and applied maths. Chloe Stothart figures out why being a mathematician today really counts. "There...
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Diploma pitched to tackle skill gap
Universities face pressure to support the Government's latest bid to widen participation, reports Claire Sanders. Universities are being urged to support a diploma for 14-to-19-year olds that could...
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Cut in fees for volunteers is just 'gimmick', say Lib Dems
Liberal Democrats leapt on last week's pre-budget announcement that students will be able to volunteer in return for a reduction in tuition fees as a "gimmick" for the few, writes Claire Sanders. "...
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UCL step ahead of Dearing language blueprint
University College London has decided that all its undergraduates must have a foreign language GCSE. The decision, agreed by UCL's academic committee this week, will be introduced gradually, with the...
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National credits aim to simplify course switching
English universities are to have a new uniform framework governing the academic "credit" students earn towards their degrees, making it easier to transfer between courses, study part time and...
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Plea for steady funding
UUK tells Chancellor not to cut cash if he wants results, Claire Sanders reports. Vice-chancellors have warned Chancellor Gordon Brown not to rock the boat if he wants universities to keep on...
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Medical research gets overhaul
Chancellor Gordon Brown has dropped plans for a single unified fund for UK health research, as exclusively predicted by The Times Higher last month. In his Pre-Budget Speech last week, the Chancellor...
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Call for steps to protect Russian
The world's fourth most widely spoken language is about to be overtaken. Nick Holdsworth reports Languages, institutions, students and academics face threats in Eastern Europe Viktor Sadovnichy,...