Jessica Shepherd discovers the secrets of the money-spinners Academics can boost their annual earnings by at least £120,000 through consultancy work, The Times Higher 's survey of the academic rich...
With the rules for the 2008 RAE in place, Anthea Lipsett and Tony Tysome assess the key changes and their impact on departments and individuals The final ground rules that will be used to judge...
Trouble is brewing at Oxford. Claire Sanders and Anna Fazackerley report As he faces renewed rebellion, John Hood, Oxford University's vice-chancellor, will be only too aware that reaching a full...
Trouble is brewing at Oxford. Claire Sanders and Anna Fazackerley report As he faces renewed rebellion, John Hood, Oxford University's Students at Oxford University are opposing plans by the colleges...
Academic assessment practices vary so much within and between some universities that students increasingly find themselves in a results lottery, it was claimed this week. A report by the Quality...
Universities and colleges may have to foot the bill for extra international audits planned by quality watchdogs to keep a closer eye on the rapidly rising number of UK courses delivered overseas. The...
Letters and documents relating to the guardianship at Tutbury Castle of Mary, Queen of Scots - which include four signed by Queen Elizabeth I - are among a collection of rare books and manuscripts...
Scotland's business academics are politely sceptical about Chancellor Gordon Brown's surprise announcement of plans for a top business school in Dunfermline. Mr Brown, who was launching Labour's...
Gëzim Alpion playwright and lecturer in media studies Immigrants are all too often seen as a threat and that worries Gëzim Alpion. It bothers the senior lecturer in media studies at...
A Scottish think-tank believes universities could solve their funding problems and boost their quality if they were funded through a pledged proportion of their students' future earnings. There are...
Fashion entrepreneur George Davies, the man behind the hugely popular George at Asda clothing range, has a new venture in the shape of George at Heriot-Watt, writes Olga Wojtas. Mr Davies, who also...
The battle over the leadership of the forthcoming academic super-union took a bitter turn this week as an anonymous circular attacking the politics of prospective general secretary Paul Mackney...
A law student whose complaints about the quality of his course won him a landmark £30,000 financial settlement from Wolverhampton University has launched a trio of websites for students and parents...
Previously unseen images of The Beatles, taken in 1965 and found two years ago in a Dundee University archive, have been published in a limited edition book, Now These Days Are Gone . The pictures...
There is no clear link between successful fundraising and the age or size of a university, according to preliminary findings from a major report of philanthropic giving to higher education. There is...