£6m drive will focus on alliances
The Government has outlined how it plans to spend £6 million a year on the next Prime Minister's Initiative to attract more overseas students to the UK, writes Tony Tysome. At a conference on...
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Sussex urged to reopen its race row case
A professor who stated that there is 'nothing wrong with racism' could be reinvestigated. Claire Sanders reports Leeds University's decision to begin disciplinary proceedings against Frank Ellis...
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Model student support schemes deserve a star turn
Outstanding Student Financial Support Package Universities offer prospective students a bewildering range of bursaries and scholarships to help pay for tuition fees and living costs, writes Tony...
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Treasure trove
Victorian explorer David Livingstone's drawing of a fish found in Lake Nyassa, which he reached in 1859 on his Zambezi Expedition, is one of 150,000 items in the John Murray archive. The collection,...
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Colleges to gain more autonomy
More higher education is to be provided by further education colleges with greater independence from universities, the Government signalled this week. A national review is to be conducted, which...
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Anxious heads wrangle over RAE
Last week's Budget surprise has stirred panic and split opinion among v-cs. The Times Higher investigates how the future of funding could pan out When officials at the Department for Education and...
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Funds merged to stop R&D money being 'diverted'
Last week's Budget surprise has stirred panic and split opinion among v-cs. The Times Higher investigates how the future of funding could pan out Treasury plans to merge all public funding for UK...
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What will be yardstick for success?
Last week's Budget surprise has stirred panic and split opinion among v-cs. The Times Higher investigates how the future of funding could pan out Farewell RAE, welcome RAM. A few words from the...
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Death knell for Pparc brings mixed feelings
Last week's Budget surprise has stirred panic and split opinion among v-cs. The Times Higher investigates how the future of funding could pan out The proposed abolition of the Particle Physics and...
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Protests over US visa politics
The Bush Administration is under fire for a marked increase in the number of academics who have been denied visas to travel to the US, purportedly on national security grounds. A visa for a Bolivian...
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Private sector booms
Australia's public universities face increased competition from a growing number of private institutions offering degree and diploma courses. Glyn Davis, chair of the Group of Eight research-...
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Détente for genocide controversy
Academics have agreed to a unique co-operation over the issue of Turkey's genocide against its Armenian population. The proposal to bring together historians on both sides of the debate was made at a...
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Student arrests
Most of the pro-democracy protesters arrested by Belarusian police in Minsk last week were students - and several were relatives of leading opponents of President Alaksandr Lukashenka. The protesters...
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Italy's corruption consensus
Italy's political parties are divided in the run-up to next month's general elections on almost every issue. But they do agree that the country's universities and research base are underfinanced,...
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Epic landscapes providea hot place for research
The national universities of Iceland and of Cyprus are both emblematic of countries with a rich heritage and an active engagement with the wider world, says Alan Osborn A fascination for Iceland has...