Slow route to China
Respect is due to Derby University geologist Andrew Johnson, who took nine days to travel to China by train rather than take a faster but far more environmentally damaging flight. But the university...
Search
-
-
Science gets a tsar but no new protection
Minister names centre director but rules out stating minimum regional provision, Anna Fazackerley writes. The Government announced the appointment of a new national science tsar this week, but it...
-
Industry input 'may weaken research'
Young scientists could find their research suffers under proposals for an industry-led advisory council to direct science funding in Wales, it was claimed this week. A report from the Welsh Assembly'...
-
Exam feedback skewed
QAA concerned as institutions fail to publish critical views of courses. Phil Baty reports. Universities are censoring almost all criticism of course quality from the examiners' reports they are...
-
London opts to go corporate
Heads of the colleges of the University of London have backed radical changes to the federation's governance structure, which would see it adopt a corporate structure. The changes will affect how...
-
University staff could shift sectors if colleges win validation powers
A bid to give colleges the power to validate their own foundation degrees could lead to a migration of university lecturers to further education institutions, it was claimed this week. College heads...
-
'Hold the line, I'm studying'
Huddersfield University has proved itself ever ready to give employers what they want by offering a foundation degree in call-centre studies, writes Tony Tysome. Academics from the Business School...
-
Oxbridge leaves US finest trailing
While the UK comes top in science, no nation takes a definitive lead in technology. Martin Ince reports. Cambridge and Oxford emerge as the first and second highest ranked science universities in the...
-
State funding bolsters specialists' rise to top
Specialist universities that focus on technology are well regarded by academics around the world, The Times Higher ranking for technology subjects reveals. But some general universities with a...
-
First fall in enrolment fuels fear of closures
Drop in foreign postgraduates threatens Australian finances, finds Geoff Maslen. Australian universities are alarmed that figures from the federal Education Department show a fall in foreign...
-
Tutu web archive makes history
The digitised university archives detailing the life and work of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu will pave the way for a huge online archive of South African history and politics, writes...
-
Title elevation considered
Israel's Council for Higher Education is to consider creating a "university college" category in response to demands for university status from a college in the disputed West Bank. The recommendation...
-
Afro-Colombian tempo rises
More Afro-Colombians are enrolled on higher education courses today than four years ago, according to government figures. In the predominantly black areas along Colombia's Pacific and Atlantic coast...
-
Harvard lifts teaching rewards and status
University takes lead as US bids to improve learning experience and recognise lecturers. Jon Marcus reports. Harvard University has set up a task force to find ways of rewarding staff for high-...
-
Washington DC
Next week is National Alcohol Week at 3,000 US campuses. The focus will be on reinforcing personal responsibility, respect for state laws and school policies governing the consumption of alcohol....