Oxford's new governance plan shifts power balance
Oxford University has dropped controversial plans for a new body of external representatives to oversee its affairs. But a compromise offered this week would still leave outsiders in a majority...
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Welsh v-cs find Assembly's £30m boost a bit smaller than expected
Welsh vice-chancellors were disappointed this week by the Welsh Assembly's decision to award their institutions an extra £30 million next year in compensation for not introducing top-up fees until...
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Academic who spoke out now faces sack
A lecturer who told The Times Higher about his fears of research misconduct at Sheffield University has been suspended, writes Phil Baty A senior Sheffield University academic is facing the sack...
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Audit leads to disciplinary proceedings
Richard Eastell, the renowned medical scientist who was a key figure in Aubrey Blumsohn's allegations, faces possible disciplinary action over allegations of financial irregularities in his role as...
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Strathclyde's champion calls the tune
Willie McCallum fulfils at least two Scottish stereotypes perfectly, being both prized for his financial prudence and praised for his bagpiping skills. As a management accountant in the finance...
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Merged council to tackle access
The Scottish Higher and Further Education Funding councils will merge next week and one of the new body's first tasks will be to promote action to widen access, writes Olga Wojtas. On the eve of the...
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Rammell looks beyond visa hike
Minister wants to keep up overseas drive, Paul Hill writes from Labour's conference The full weight of Downing Street could be put behind a new push to promote British universities to overseas...
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Universities 'should increase their influence on key public issues'
Academics should play a much greater role in shaping public opinion and bridge the gap between universities and Whitehall policymakers, according to an academic and former adviser to the Government....
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Participation premium may be in for a boost
The Government has signalled that it may look again at the premium it pays universities to teach working-class students after one vice-chancellor attacked the "staggering" financial gap between old...
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Report proposes developing skills of whole workforce
The Government should expand higher education further to encourage institutions to enter the potentially lucrative workforce development market, a report says this week. The present aim to get half...
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'Deplorable' pay inequity persists
Female academics continue to earn less than their male counterparts on average across all job grades, from professors to junior researchers, figures shown exclusively to The Times Higher reveal. Data...
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China asks for Australian help to educate one million citizens
China has appealed to Australia to help educate 1 million of its citizens. Brendan Nelson, the Federal Education Minister, said that on a recent visit to Beijing, China's Education Minister, Zhou Ji...
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Stricter checks on study abroad
Malaysia's Higher Education Ministry is to keep a tighter check on students who go overseas to study. Students, both government-sponsored and private, will have to obtain a certificate before being...
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Academic eyes turn to Katrina's fallout
University researchers are joining relief workers and clean-up crews in New Orleans. They are aiming to study aspects of the disaster that emptied the city, from the media coverage of Hurricane...
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Rector nearly quit over limits on power
The new rector of the embryonic University of Luxembourg considered resignation just three months into his appointment as a replacement for his predecessor, who died before the institution was up and...