Intellectual pros versus costly cons
Many London institutions offer market supplements to attract staff to work in an expensive city where finding suitable schooling for children can be a nightmare. But Natalie Fenton, who recently...
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Gender equality stalls north of border
The proportion of female staff in Scottish higher education may have been increasing in recent years, but it has stalled at professorial level, a new report suggests. Less than 5 per cent of female...
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Experts launch surgical strike at nip and tuck culture
Sociologists this week called for greater regulation of the cosmetic surgery industries amid fears that the UK is sliding into a quick-fix makeover culture, writes Anthea Lipsett. Anthony Elliot,...
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Vote on best digital aids
Could you transform your teaching or research if you had easy online access to historic images of polar expeditions (such as this one of Captain Scott with Terra Nova , 1911) or documents from...
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MPs told that v-cs did not sway Brown over RAE
Mandarins deny claims that new metrics plan has been rushed in to reduce costs. Anthea Lipsett reports The Government did not act in haste to replace the research assessment exercise with metrics,...
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Treasury rejects request under freedom of information act
The Treasury this week refused to reveal the thinking behind its proposals to move to a metrics system for assessing research and getting rid of the 2008 RAE. Officials rejected a Times Higher...
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Smith in chair for future pay talks
The vice-chancellor of Sussex University who is embroiled in a row with his staff has been chosen to head the employers' negotiating body in the crucial period following the higher education pay...
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Green to retire
Diana Green has announced that she will retire as vice-chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University in July 2007. Professor Green will have served for nine years.
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New Anglia Ruskin v-c
Anglia Ruskin University has appointed Michael Thorne vice-chancellor. He will take up the post next January. Professor Thorne, currently vice-chancellor of the University of East London, will...
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Cumbria chief named
Chris Carr, chief executive and principal of St Martin's College, will become vice-chancellor of the new Cumbria University from August 1, 2007.
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Cranfield appoints
John O'Reilly has been appointed vice-chancellor of Cranfield University from January 2007. Professor O'Reilly, currentlyJchief executive of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council,...
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Graduate jobs increase
The number of job vacancies for graduates are the highest since 1995, up 16.7 per cent on last year, according to the latest survey by the Association of Graduate Recruiters. The annual AGR Graduate...
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No need to go native
Academics teaching languages should ditch traditional learning models, delegates heard at a languages in higher education conference this week. Mike Kelly, director of the Subject Centre for...
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Ellis retires from Leeds
Leeds University has announced that Russian and Slavonic studies lecturer Frank Ellis has taken early retirement. Dr Ellis was suspended on March 23 following remarks that the university considered...
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Goblets of fire
Academics at Leicester University dressed up as characters from the Harry Potter books for an open day designed to spark children's interest in chemistry.